MER Article Ruminations on Political Violence Texts Reviewed Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998). Joseba Zulaika and William A. Douglass, Terror and Taboo: The Follies, Fables and Faces of Terrorism (New York: Routledge, 1996). Meredith Turshen and Clotilde Twagiramariya, eds., What Women Do in Wartime: Amy Zalman • 6 min read
MER Article Adams, The Financing of Terror James Adams, The Financing of Terror, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.) I don’t care what anyone says: I liked Claire Sterling’s 1981 classic, The Terror Network. Sure, the plot was weak and the characterization a bit sketchy -- but what imagination! Soviet-supplied attack helicopters in the s Rex Brynen • 2 min read
MER Article Melman, The Master Terrorist Yossi Melman, The Master Terrorist: The True Story Behind Abu Nidal (New York: Adama Books, 1986). Yossi Melman has pieced together “an interim report” that provides, within limits, a substantial sketch of Abu Nidal and his Palestinian fringe group, most widely known as the Abu Nidal group, or t Roger Gaess • 2 min read
MER Article Comprehending Terror Let us begin with the dictionary definition of terror -- “intense, overpowering fear” -- and of terrorism -- “the use of terrorizing methods of governing or resisting a government.” This simple definition has the virtue of fairness; it focuses on the use of coercive violence and its effects on the v Eqbal Ahmad • 8 min read
From the Editors (March/April 1985) Over the last several years, library subscriptions to MERIP Reports have expanded steadily. We are very pleased at this development, and we are anxious to encourage an even higher rate of growth in library subscriptions. In particular, we would like to see more subscriptions at public libraries, whe The Editors • 3 min read
