Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2015 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The Public and State Violence -- Part One: The Scandals of 1986 -- 1. The Challenge -- 2. The Cultural-Historical Context -- 3. The Problems of Clandestine Terrorism -- 4. The Limits of Scandal -- 5. The Culture of Terrorism -- 6. Damage Control -- 7. The Perils of Diplomacy -- 8. The Reality That Must Be Effaced: Iran and Nicaragua -- Part Two: Further Successes of the Reagan Administration -- 9. Accelerating the Race Towards Destruction -- 10. Controlling "Enemy Territory" -- 11. Freedom of Expression in the Free World -- Part Three: The Current Agenda -- 12. The Threat of a Good Example -- 13. The Fledgling Democracies -- 14. Restoring Regional Standards -- 15. Standards for Ourselves -- 16. Prospects -- Notes -- Index.