The Psychology of Strategic Terrorism

This new volume explores terrorism and strategic terror, examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks, and what authorities can do in such situations. The book uses a unique interdisciplinary approach, which combines the behavioural sciences and international relations, in order to further the understanding of the ‘terror’ generated by strategic terror. The work exam- ines ?ve contemporary case studies of the psychological and behavioural effects of strategic terror, from either terrorist attacks or aerial bombard- ment.