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CONTENTS
About This Issue
Terrorism and Children
A Form of Psychological Warfare
Collective Identity: Hatred Bred in the Bone
Women as Victims and Victimizers
Terrorism: A Brief History
From Profiles to Pathways: The Road to Recruitment
Mass-Media Theater
A Case Study: The Mythology of Martyrdom in Iraq
New Paradigms for 21st Century Conflict
A Strategic Assessment of Progress Against the Terrorist Threat
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Terrorism: A War Without Borders
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Bin Hassan, Muhammad Haniff. "Key Considerations in Counterideological Work Against Terrorist Ideology." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, vol. 29, no. 6 (September 2006): pp. 561-588.

Bloom, Mia. Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.

Borum, Randy. Psychology of Terrorism. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2004.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208552.pdf

Caryl, Christian. "Why They Do It." The New York Review of Books (22 September 2005): p. 28.

Fineman, Mark. "Inside Al Qaeda: A Destructive Devotion." Los Angeles Times (24 September 2001): p. A1.

Fouda, Yosri, and Nick Fielding. Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack the World Has Ever Seen. Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing, 2003.

Hafez, Mohammed. Manufacturing Human Bombs: The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2006.

Haqqani, Husain, and Daniel Kimmage. "The Online Bios of Iraq's Suicidology." The New Republic (22 September 2005): p. 14.

Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

Horgan, John. The Psychology of Terrorism. London: Routledge, 2005.

Hronick, Michael S. "Analyzing Terror: Researchers Study the Perpetrators and the Effects of Suicide Terrrorism." NIJ Journal, no. 254 (July 2006): pp. 8-11.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/254/suicide_terrorism.html

Hudson, Rex A. The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1999.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Soc_Psych_of_Terrorism.pdf

Kilcullen, David. "Countering Global Insurgency." October 2004. (The long Internet version of a paper subsequently published in the Journal of Strategic Studies.)
http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/documents/kilcullen.pdf

Laqueur, Walter Z. No End to War: Terrorism in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Continuum Books, 2003.

Lelyveld, Joseph. "All Suicide Bombers Are Not Alike." The New York Times Magazine (28 October 2001): pp. 48-79.

Martin, Gus. Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2006.

Miller, Laurence. "Terrorist Mind: I. A Psychological and Political Analysis." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, vol. 50, no. 2 (April 2006): pp. 121-138.

Miller, Laurence. "Terrorist Mind: II. Typologies, Psychopathologies, and Practical Guidelines for Investigation." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, vol. 50, no. 3 (June 2006): pp. 255-268.

Perl, Raphael. "Trends in Terrorism." Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 2006.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL33555.pdf

Post, Jerrold M. Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World: The Psychology of Political Behavior. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004.

Post, Jerrold M. "When Hatred Is Bred in the Bone: Psycho-cultural Foundations of Contemporary Terrorism." Political Psychology, vol. 26, no. 4 (August 2005): pp. 615-636.

Sageman, Marc, Understanding Terror Networks. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.

Stern, Jessica. Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

Weimann, Gabriel. Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, The New Challenges. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, 2006.

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