Understanding terrorism and political violence the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-273) and index.

Foreword / by Martha Crenshaw -- Preface: "The years that try a man's soul": a personal narrative -- Introduction -- Theories on the origins of movements -- Selfish altruist: modeling the mind of a terrorist -- The dynamics of dissent: a theoretical perspective -- Faith, nationalism, and class warfare: the birth of a movement -- Growth of a movement: accounting for rapid escalation of violence -- A marriage made in hell? Terrorism and organized crime -- Demise of dissent: the endgame of terrorism -- Terrorism's trap: a winnable war? -- Appendix A: Trade-off between interests of the individual and the collective: an expanded assumption of rationality -- Appendix B: Terrorism and organized crime: a formal model.