The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies

Although the literature on terrorism is vast, there are many holes in it. This book helps to fill these lacunae with entries from top terrorism scholars and counterterrorism practitioners in the world. Grouped thematically by terrorist actors, conflict zones, major attacks, terrorist behaviors, militant group dynamics, terrorist consequences, and counterterrorism approaches, the entries cover a range of topics fundamental to understanding the contemporary terrorism threat and approaches to comba