Origins of terrorism

Part I. Strategy or Psychology?: Origins of Terrorist Behavior
1. The Logic of Terrorism: Terrorist Behavior as a Product of Strategic Choice
Martha Crenshaw
2. Terrorist Psycho-logic: Terrorist Behavior as A Product of Psychological Forces
Jerrold M. Post

Part II. Varieties of Terrorism: Ideological and Religious Motivations
3. Ideology and Rebellion: Terrorism in West Germany
Konrad Kellen
4. Ideology and Repentance: Terrorism in Italy
Franco Ferracuti
5. The Psychopolitical Formation of Extreme Left Terrorism in a Democracy: The Case of the Weathermen
Ehud Sprinzak
6. Terrorism in Democracies: Its Social and Political Bases
Ted Robert Gurr
7. Sacred Terror: A Contemporary Example from Islam
David C. Rapoport
8. The Moral Logic of Hizballah
Martin Kramer

Part III. States of Mind: How Do Terrorists Think? Which Psychological Mechanisms Enable Them to Do What They Do?
9. Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement
Albert Bandura
10. The Readiness to Kill and Die: Suicidal Terrorism in the Middle East
Ariel Merari

Part IV. Responding to Terrorism: Decision Making and the Pressures on Leadership
11. Hostage Taking, the Presidency, and Stress
Margaret G. Hermann and Charles F. Hermann
12. Taking Vows: The Domestication of Policy-Making in Hostage Incidents
Gary Sick

Part V. The Psychology of Terrorism: What Can We Know? What Must We Learn?
13. Questions to Be Answered, Research to be Done, Knowledge to Be Applied
Martha Crenshaw
14. Understanding Terrorist Behavior: The Limits and Opportunities of Psychological Inquiry
Walter Reich
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