The collection examines terrorism from a variety of perspectives, including state terror. Beginning with a section on concepts of terrorism, it first considers the causes and nature of regimes of terror. It then concentrates on terroris groups in society and in a search for explanations, it investigates the relationship between terrorism and religion, the underlying causes for the rise of terrorist groups and the relation of these groups to new social movements. Psychological and ratinal choice explanations are also explored. Several articles study the organization of terrorist groups and their strategy and tactics. A final section deals with methods of countercting terrorism.

This series provides a forum for books on the workings of Japan"s economy, its business enterprises, its management practices, and its macroeconomic structure.

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This book deals with the controversial value of the sources on which the biography of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is based.

This book presents an English version of Heike monogatari, a medieval Japanese account of the rise and fall of a great military clan, the hourse of Taira.

Michael henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. 20 years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him again.

Major scholars on Japan explore the Japanese style of learning in this important volume, drawing upon ethnographic and experimental studies of learning throughout the lifespan.

The book is about problems of the today"s Arctic, strategy of development of this Region.