Walter Enders holds the Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance at the University of Alabama. He has published numerous research articles in such journals as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economics Literature, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and the American Political Science Review. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Dr Enders' Applied Econometric Time-Series is a leading book in the field. In 2003, he was the co-recipient with Todd Sandler of the National Academy of Sciences Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War. Todd Sandler is the Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has written or edited twenty-one books, including Global Collective Action, Economic Concepts for the Social Sciences, The Political Economy of NATO (with Keith Hartley) and Global Challenges: An Approach to Economic, Political, and Environmental Problems, as well as more than two hundred journal articles in economics and political science. His work on terrorism dates back to 1983. Professors Enders and Sandler coauthored the first edition of this title.

'Professors Enders and Sandler are two of the most important scholars studying terrorism today, and the second edition of their book, The Political Economy of Terrorism, is an outstanding and in-depth overview of this subject, covering contributions from economics, political science, and related disciplines that I plan to use in my honors course on terrorism, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction.' Michael D. Intriligator, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Terrorism: an introduction; 2. The dilemma of liberal democracies; 3. Statistical studies and terrorist behavior; 4. Counterterrorism; 5. Transference; 6. International cooperation: dilemma and inhibitors; 7. Hostage taking; 8. Terrorist groups and their organization; 9. Before and after 9/11; 10. The economic impact of terrorism; 11. Homeland security; 12. The future of terrorism.

Walter Enders holds the Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance at the University of Alabama. He has published numerous research articles in such journals as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economics Literature, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and the American Political Science Review. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Dr Enders' Applied Econometric Time-Series is a leading book in the field. In 2003, he was the co-recipient with Todd Sandler of the National Academy of Sciences Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War. Todd Sandler is the Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has written or edited twenty-one books, including Global Collective Action, Economic Concepts for the Social Sciences, The Political Economy of NATO (with Keith Hartley) and Global Challenges: An Approach to Economic, Political, and Environmental Problems, as well as more than two hundred journal articles in economics and political science. His work on terrorism dates back to 1983. Professors Enders and Sandler coauthored the first edition of this title.

'Professors Enders and Sandler are two of the most important scholars studying terrorism today, and the second edition of their book, The Political Economy of Terrorism, is an outstanding and in-depth overview of this subject, covering contributions from economics, political science, and related disciplines that I plan to use in my honors course on terrorism, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction.' Michael D. Intriligator, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Terrorism: an introduction; 2. The dilemma of liberal democracies; 3. Statistical studies and terrorist behavior; 4. Counterterrorism; 5. Transference; 6. International cooperation: dilemma and inhibitors; 7. Hostage taking; 8. Terrorist groups and their organization; 9. Before and after 9/11; 10. The economic impact of terrorism; 11. Homeland security; 12. The future of terrorism.