The author examines the link/attraction of contemporary terrorist/liberation movements to the ideology of Marxism/Leninism.

O.I.Gubarev's book - the result of years of research problems hijackings and sabotage bomb in the world of civil aviation. The book is written based on various domestic and foreign sources, which highlights the issue of air terrorism and counter-terrorism. The author has succeeded in an interesting way to describe the events of the first hijackings in the 1930s before the terrorist attacks in...

Beslan is another step into hell. This is our world, revealed to the astonished eyes of children, who have seen what we really are. Blind and cruel, deceitful and cold, perfecting our machines, our computers, but not ourselves. What is unique about this book? After all, one might ask: well, another book about death, about an unbearable tragedy?! No, it is not so. The emotional uniqueness of...

Bruce Hoffman, the director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, has written a clear summary of some of the major historical trends in international terrorism. He makes careful distinctions between the motivations that drive political (or ethno-nationalist) terrorism and religious terrorism, and he also shows why the rise of religious terrorism, coupled with the...

Gerd Koenen is one of the most important historians of the Left in Germany, whose most recent book 'Vesper, Ensslin, Bader' investigates the roots of German terrorism. Translated from the original German edition.

Analyzing a wide range of sources, studies conducted by domestic and foreign historians and political scientists, the author reveals the process of developing ideological concepts by extremist forces and organizations in the countries of the East. Particular attention is paid to the ideology of Islam on the socio-political development of Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and some neighboring countries...

Roland Jacquard is President of the Paris-based International Observatory on Terrorism. A Strategic Expert and Consultant on Terrorism to the United Nations Security Council, Jacquard regularly testifies before the United Nations Security Council. He is quoted widely in the international press, particularly in France, Germany, and the UK.