Terrorism, continuing unabated in the contemporary world, is having a serious impact on the lives of people and nations. Once, only govern ments and ruling classes possessed the power to coerce large segments of the world's peoples. Today, a handful of thugs, covered and concealed by a collection of terrorist organizations, are disturbing people every where by perpetrating dramatic criminal acts-bombings, kidnappings, assassinations, etc.-on an almost daily basis, in places specifically cho sen for their vulnerability: a railroad train, a pub, a beachfront apartment, a bus, a restaurant. Furthermore, a few of the world's most notorious terrorist groups are associated in a loose coalition, which has left around the earth a trail of violent crimes against humanity of the most heinous type. Among these outrages are random murder, including the killing of innocents, and barricade and hostage situations involving the elderly and young children. Many of the victims of these terrorists are randomly selected for the sole purpose of obtaining maximum shock action calculated to attract widespread exposure via the communications media. A dramatic example is the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten, one of the most distinguished soldier-statesmen of the century, by terrorists of the Pro visional Wing of the Irish Republican Army (LR.A.).

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I: Operations.- 1 · The Global Terrorist Coalition.- 2 · Urban Terrorist Operations.- 3 · Organization and Management Practices of Urban Terrorist Groups.- 4 · Terrorist Manipulation of the Democratic Process.- 5 · Prisons, Courts, and Terrorism.- II: Controls.- 6 · Controlling Political Terrorism in a Free Society.- 7 · Approaches to Antiterrorism.- 8 · Antiterrorism in Western Europe.- 9 · Antiterrorist Intelligence: Limitations and Applications.- 10 · A Framework for the Study and Control of Terrorism.- III: Appendixes.- Appendixes A · A Year of Terror (July 1, 1979June 30, 1980).- Irish Repulican Army (I.R.A.).- Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (E.T.A.The Basque Separatist Organization).- Red Brigades and Prima Linea (Front Line).- Corsican National Liberation Front (F.N.L.C.).- Fuerzas Armadas De Liberacion Nacional (F.A.L.N.).- Omega-7 (An Anti-Castro Group of Cuban Exiles).- Appendix B · A Chronology of Apprehensions and Convictions of Terrorists Linked to West Germany's BaaderMeinhof Gang (December 1977 to July 1980).- Appendix C · Investigating the Assassination of Aldo Moro.- Appendix D · Thoughts and Strategies of Islamic Guerrilla Warfare in the United States.- Appendix E · Manifesto 1980 of the W.E.B. Du Bois Revolutionary Army.- Appendix F · Remarks by Robert A. Fearey.- Selected Bibliography.