International terrorism: challenge and response

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Opening Session: The Face of Terrorism -- Preface -- Opening Remarks -- The Threat and the Response -- The Seven Deadly Sins of Terrorism -- The Tyranny of Terrorism -- Terrorism as a Weapon in International Politics -- Freedom Fighters and Terrorists -- Second Session: State Support for International Terrorism -- Preface -- Opening Remarks -- The Roots of the Involvement -- Soviet Support for International Terrorism -- Arab State Support for Terrorism -- Overcoming the Climate of Appeasement -- The Strategic Framework -- Questions and Answers -- Third Session: The Threat Posed by Terrorism to Democratic Societies -- Preface -- Opening Remarks -- Terrorism Versus Democracy -- The Threat of Terrorism in a Broader Concept -- The Terrorist State -- The Arab World, Oil and Terrorism -- The Spectre of Nuclear Terrorism -- Can Nuclear Terrorism Be Neutralized? -- Questions and Answers -- Fourth Session: Current Response of Democratic Societies -- Preface -- Opening Remarks -- The Dutch Response -- Public Opinion, Intellectuals and Terrorism in Western Europe -- The Irish Response -- The Unseen Hand -- Italian Responses -- Democracy and Terrorism -- Calculating the Public Interest -- Questions and Answers -- Fifth Session: Terrorism and the Media -- Preface -- The Case of West Germany -- Caging the Beasts -- The Subtle Collusion -- The Need for Clarity -- A Politics of Freedom is the Answer -- Liberty or License? -- Questions and Answers -- Sixth Session: Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World -- Preface -- Opening Remarks -- Terror in Ireland and Britain's Response -- Maintaining the Balance -- Protecting the Airways -- Legal Measures to Control Terrorism in Democracies -- Pre-Empting Terror -- Fighting Terror Within the International Framework.