ABSTRACT
Terrorists engage in propaganda and rhetoric, even though they prefer the power of deed over word. They use a wide variety of mechanisms of moral disengagement to convince themselves of the rightness of their actions, a necessary prerequisite for taking up arms. The articles collected together in this excellent volume focus on the rhetoric and propaganda used by insurgent terrorists to justify their resort to violence. The volume includes a thoughtful introduction which summarizes the main findings of the literature, drawing attention to the many different kinds of terrorist propaganda and the underlying similarity between them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|48 pages
In the Beginning
part II|107 pages
In the Name of the Cause
part III|137 pages
In the Mirror of the Past
part IV|139 pages
In the Name of God
part V|83 pages
In Comparison