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CONTENTSPrefaceExecutive Summary: Mindsets of Mass DestructionNew Types of Post-Cold War Terrorists -- New Forms of Terrorist-Threat ScenariosIntroductionTerms of AnalysisDefining Terrorism and Terrorists -- Terrorist Group TypologiesApproaches to Terrorism AnalysisThe Multicausal Approach -- The Political Approach -- The Organizational Approach -- The Physiological Approach -- The Psychological ApproachGeneral Hypotheses of TerrorismFrustration-Aggression Hypothesis -- Negative Identity Hypothesis -- Narcissistic Rage HypothesisThe Psychology of the TerroristTerrorist Motivation -- The Process of Joining a Terrorist Group -- The Terrorist as Mentally Ill --The Terrorist as Suicidal Fanatic -- Fanatics -- Suicide Terrorists -- Terrorist Group Dynamics -- Pressures to Conform -- Pressures to Commit Acts of Violence -- Terrorist Rationalization of Violence -- The Terrorist’s Ideological or Religious PerceptionTerrorist ProfilingHazards of Terrorist Profiling -- Sociological Characteristics of Terrorists in the Cold War Period -- Characteristics of Female Terrorists -- Female Motivation for TerrorismConclusionTerrorist Profiling -- Terrorist Group Mindset Profiling -- Promoting Terrorist Group Schisms -- How Guerrilla and Terrorist Groups EndAppendix -- Sociopsychological Profiles: Case StudiesExemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1970s -- Exemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1990s -- Ethnic Separatist Groups -- Social Revolutionary Groups -- Religious Fundamentalist GroupsTablesEducational Level and Occupational Background of Right-Wing Terrorists in West Germany, 1980 -- Ideological Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 -- Prior Occupational Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 -- Geographical Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 -- Age and Relationships Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 -- Patterns of Weapons Use by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 1975-97GlossaryBibliography
