Contents -- Preface -- 1 A New Kind of International Terrorism -- 2 'International Terrorism' as a Media Event -- 3 Terrorism as War and War Against Terrorism -- 4 'War Against International Terrorism' in Abstractions -- 5 'War Against International Terrorism' as Military Action -- Postscript Happenings and Unthinkingness -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Postscript -- Index -- al-Barakaat, 120 -- al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, 120 -- al-Jazeereh 2 -- al-Quaeda -- 1 -- 25 -- 52 -- 56 -- 67 -- 68 -71 -- 72 -- 74 -- 95 -- 96 -- 97 -- 98 -- 114 -- 115 -- 117 -- 118 -19 -- 120 -- Allen, Woody 24 -- Arafat, Yasser -- 71 -- 111 -- Ashcroft, John -- 113 -- 116 -- Augustine, St. 32 -- Barthes, Roland 104 -- Baudrillard, Jean, on the mass media 14 -15 -- Berlusconi, Silvio 23 -- bin Laden, Osama -- 1 -- 2 -- 21 -- 22 -- 25 -- 26 -- 52 -- 55 -- 56 -- 62 -- 67 -- 68 -71 -- 72 -- 74 -- 90 -- 92 -- 93 -- 94 -- 95 -- the myth of, 64 -- the myth of, 97 -- Blair, Tony -- 23 -- 25 -- 55 -- 86 -- 94 -- Blunkett, David 113 -- Bush, George -- 1 -- 2 -- 23 -- 67 -- 86 -- 97 -- 98 -- 110 -- 120 -- Carlos the Jackal [Ilich Ramirez Sanchez] 20 -- Chomsky, Noam -- 8 -- 9 -- 19 -- 90 -2 -- 130n -- CIA -- 97 -- 98 -- Civil Society and Media [Shaw] 4 -5 -- Clausewitz, Carl von -- On War , 38 -40 -- On War , 38 -40 -- On War , 41 -- On War , 41 -- Crelinsten, Ronald D. 85 -6 -- Critique of Dialectical Reason, The [Sartre] 38 -9 -- Césaire, Aimé 33 -- democracy -- 65 -- and terrorism, 77 -87 -- with international effect, 82 -4 -- with international effect, 91 -- Dostam, Abdul Rashid 108 -- Elliot, Philip, Televising Terrorism [with Schlesinger and Murdoch] 17 -- Enders, Walter, and Todd Sadler -- 7 -8 -- 98 -9 -- ETA 34 -- fanaticism -- 65 -- 95 -- 98 -- 99 -- and terrorism, 89 -- Hare on, 87 -8 -- Taylor and Ryan on, 88 -9.

understanding of, 86 -9 -- Fanon, Frantz 33 -- Farah, Hassan Abshir 120 -- Feingold, Russell 113 -- Fleischer, Ari 111 -- Force -- 17 -- 111 -- Fukuyama, Francis 96 -7 -- Future of Terrorism, The [Gearty] 7 -8 -- Gearty, Conor, The Future of Terrorism 7 -8 -- Gowing, N. 18 -- Graaf, Janny de, Violence as Communication [with Schmid] -- 16 -- 21 -- 23 -- Guevara, Ernesto Che 33 -- Gulf War -- 4 -- 73 -- Halliday, Fred -- 121 -4 -- 132n -- Two Hours That Shook the World , 121 -4 -- Hamas -- 71 -- 92 -- 111 -12 -- Hare, R.M. 87 -8 -- Hayek, Fredrick 66 -- Herman, Edward S. -- 8 -- 19 -- The Real Terror Network, 17 -- Hollywood -- 6 -- 100 -- 109 -- Honderich, Ted, Three Essays on Political Violence 80 -2 -- How Did This Happen? [Hodge and Rose eds] 121 -- Hussein, Saddam -- 55 -- 64 -- Hyams, Edward 36 -- IRA -- 34 -- 75 -- Islamic Jihad 111 -- Jospin, Lionel 25 -- Just and Unjust Wars [Walzer] 46 -51 -- Khan, Ismail 108 -- Landscape of Events, A [Virilio] 100 -- Laqueur, Walter -- 19 -- 42 -3 -- Lenin, V.I. 33 -- Lewis, Carol W. 18 -- Malvesti, Michele L. 63 -- Mao Zedong 33 -- Marighella, Carlos 33 -- Marx, Karl 77 -- mass media -- Baudrillard on, ix -- Baudrillard on, 14 -15 -- and terrorism ix -- and terrorism 4 -6 -- and terrorism 7 -- and terrorism 9 -10 -- and terrorism 12 -24 -- and terrorism 125 -6n -- as determinative agents, ix -- as determinative agents, 18 -19 -- as instrument of state, ix -- as instrument of state, 17 -- as instrument of state, 55 -- Chomsky and Herman on, ix -- Chomsky and Herman on, 8 -- Chomsky and Herman on, 17 -- Chomsky and Herman on, 19 -- empirical studies of, ix -- empirical studies of, 17 -18 -- Merari, Ariel -- 43 -4 -- 45 -- Murdoch, Graham, Televising Terrorism [with Schlesinger and Elliot] 17 -- Musharraf, General Pervez -- 26 -- 56 -- 59 -- NATO -- 25 -- 93 -- Norris, Chuck 109.

Northern Alliance -- 56 -- 73 -- 94 -- 108 -- 110 -- Nozick, Robert 66 -- Omar, Mullah 108 -- On War [Clausewitz] -- 38 -40 -- 41 -- Powell, Colin 1 -- Real Terror Network, The [Herman] 17 -- Redlick, Amy Sands -- 15 -16 -- 19 -- 20 -- Ryan, Helen 88 -- Sadler, Todd, and Walter Enders -- 7 -8 -- 98 -9 -- Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez [Carlos] 20 -- Sartre, Jean-Paul -- 33 -- 127n -- The Critique of Dialectical Reason , 38 -9 -- Schlesinger, Philip, Televising Terrorism [with Murdoch and Elliot] 17 -- Schmid, Alex P., Violence as Communication [with de Graaf] -- 16 -- 21 -- 23 -- Schroeder, Gerhard 25 -- Sharon, Ariel -- 56 -- 71 -- 92 -- 111 -- 112 -- Shaw, Martin, Civil Society and Media 4 -5 -- Slone, Michelle 18 -- Somalia Internet Company 120 -- Sorel, Georges 33 -- Stockhausen, Karlheinz -- 12 -13 -- 14 -- 20 -- Study of War, A [Wright] 40 -1 -- Taliban -- 25 -- 26 -- 52 -- 55 -- 56 -- 67 -- 71 -3 -- 90 -- 92 -- 93 -- 94 -- 97 -- 108 -- 109 -- 110 -- 112 -- 114 -- 117 -- 119 -- Tamzin 111 -- Taylor, Maxwell 88 -- Televising Terrorism [Schlesinger, Murdoch, Elliot] 17 -- terrorism -- 32 -4 -- 127n -- and democracy, 77 -87 -- and fanaticism, 89 -- and morality, 46 -51 -- and state, 65 -7 -- and state, 85 -6 -- and state, 91 -7 -- and state, 109 -10 -- and the mass media, 4 -6 -- and the mass media, 7 -- and the mass media, 9 -10 -- and the mass media, 12 -24 -- and the mass media, 125 -6n -- and war, 26 -30 -- and war, 34 -6 -- and war, 41 -6 -- and war, 48 -51 -- and war, 53 -4 -- connotations of international, 3 -4 -- connotations of international, 5 -6 -- connotations of international, 41 -2 -- connotations of international, 44 -5 -- connotations of international, 57 -61 -- connotations of international, 79 -- definitions of, 3 -4 -- legal responses to, 49 -- legal responses to, 62 -3 -- legal responses to, 65.

legal responses to, 68 -70 -- legal responses to, 113 -19 -- terrorists -- anthrax attacks by, 73 -4 -- anthrax attacks by, 115 -- in India, 26 -- in India, 115 -- in Israel -Palestine, 26 -- in Israel -Palestine, 56 -- in Israel -Palestine, 71 -- in Israel -Palestine, 92 -- in Israel -Palestine, 111 -13 -- in Israel -Palestine, 115 -- in Oklahoma, 5 -- in Oklahoma, 18 -- in Oklahoma, 22 -- in Sri Lanka, 115 -- Republican and Unionist, 5 -- Republican and Unionist, 75 -- Three Essays on Political Violence [Honderich] 80 -2 -- Turner, Stansfield 63 -- Two Hours That Shook the World [Halliday] 121 -4 -- United Nations 94 -- Violence as Communication [Schmid and de Graaf] -- 16 -- 21 -- 23 -- Virilio, Paul -- 100 -6 -- A Landscape of Events , 100 -- on war, 100 -3 -- on war, 106 -- Walker, John -- 114 -- 117 -- Waltz, Kenneth -- 79 -80 -- 129n -- Walzer, Michael, Just and Unjust Wars 46 -51 -- war -- St Augustine's concept of just, 32 -- and terrorism, 26 -30 -- and terrorism, 34 -6 -- and terrorism, 41 -6 -- and terrorism, 48 -51 -- and terrorism, 53 -4 -- Clausewitz on, 38 -40 -- Clausewitz on, 41 -- conceptualizations of, 29 -32 -- equivalence in, 39 -42 -- guerrilla and conventional, 42 -6 -- in two senses, 26 -9 -- in two senses, 54 -- in two senses, 56 -- Virilio on, 100 -3 -- Virilio on, 106 -- what is 36 -41 -- Wayne, John 109 -- Wheeler, Everett L. 42 -- Wilkins, Burleigh Taylor -- 36 -- 126n -- World Trade Organisation [WTO] 92 -- Wright on 40 -1 -- Wright, Quincy, A Study of War -- 40 -1 -- 57 -- Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed 112.