Terrorism and political violence as a field is growing and expanding. This volume provides a cross-disciplinary analysis - political, philosophical and legal - in a single text and covers the full spectrum of issues, including torture, terrorism causes and cures, legal issues, globalization and counter-terrorism.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Terrorism: Causes and Cures; The Socio-politics of Terror: Poverty, Evil, Statecraft and Modernity, Rob Imre; An International Law Approach, Ben Clarke; Chapter 2 Is Torture an Effective Response to Terrorism?; Torture Works: But not on Terrorists, Imre Rob; Torture, Tragedy and Natural Law, T. Brian Mooney; Terrorism, Torture and the Rule of Law, Ben Clarke; Chapter 3 Is International Terrorism an Inevitable Consequence of Globalization?; Legal Aspects of Globalization, Ben Clarke; Terrorism, Story-Telling and Existential Communication, T. Brian Mooney; The Politics of Religious Violence, Rob Imre; Chapter 4 Counter-Terrorism: Public/Social Policy, Social Engineering and Just War; Bungle in, Bungle out, Muddle through, Rob Imre; Effective Counter-Terrorism: Sound Foreign Policy, Intelligence Gathering, Policing, Social Engineering and Necessary Use of Force, Ben Clarke; Just War and Terrorism, T. Brian Mooney;