CONTENTSPREFACE ixGENERAL TREATMENTS 3TACTICS OF TERRORISTSAssassinations 67Bombings 75Hijackings 80Hostage Incidents 90Potential Nuclear Threats 109TERRORIST AND GUERRILLA PHILOSOPHIES 141LINKS OF TERRORIST GROUPS 151TERRORISM BY GEOGRAPHIC AREANorth AmericaCANADA 159UNITED STATES 164Latin AmericaGENERAL TREATMENTS 172ARGENTINA 177URUGUAY 178OTHER LATIN COUNTRIES 181EuropeGENERAL TREATMENTS 183IRELAND 185ITALY 196WEST GERMANY 202OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 208Africa 211Asia 213Middle East 217STATE TERRORISM 241RESPONSESGeneral 247Physical Security 264International Legal ApproachesGENERAL 269THE LAW OF WAR 284EXTRADITION LAW 288DOMESTIC LEGISLATION AGAINST TERRORISM 291STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TERRORIST ACTS 297MEASURES OF SELF-HELP IN COMBATING TERRORISM 301HIJACKINGGeneral Legal Observations 306The Tokyo Convention 321The Hague Convention 322The Montreal Convention 325OTHER INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONVENTIONSLeague of Nations Antiterrorist Actions 327Organization of American States Convention 328United Nations Antiterrorist Actions 330Inter-European Legal Conventions 336Disaster Response 337MEDIA AND TERRORISM 343PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL APPROACHES TO TERRORISM 351GUERRILLA WARFARE 379RELATED STUDIES 387EVENTS DATA RESEARCH 417FICTION 433BIBLIOGRAPHIES 443AUTHOR INDEX 447TITLE INDEX 477