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The multi-faceted nature of terrorism: an introduction / David Cantor -- From naïvety to insurgency: becoming a paramilitary in Northern Ireland / Neil Ferguson and Mark Burgess -- The rhetorical foundation of militant jihad / Sudhanshu Sarangi and David Canter -- Case study: the puzzling case (from a Western perspective) of lone terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi / Clive Williams -- The primacy of grievance as a structural cause of oppositional political terrorism: comparing Al Fatah, FARC, and PIRA / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Case study: the 17th November Group: Europe's last revolutionary terrorists / George Kassimeris -- Terrorism and organized crime: a theoretical perspective / Dipak K. Gupta, John Horgan and Alex P. Schmid -- Terrorist networks and small group psychology / Sam Mullins -- Case study: Youth gangs and terrorism in Chechnya: recruitment, activities and networks / Michael Vishnevetsky -- The enemy of my enemy is my friend / Kevin Borgeson and Robin Valeri -- The business of kidnap for ransom / Everard Phillips -- Case study: Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: authoritarian leadership in the Caucasus / John Russell -- From 7/7 to 8/10: media framing of terrorist incidents in the United States and United Kingdom / Mary Brinson and Michael Stohl -- Cyberterrorism: the emerging worldwide threat / Amanda M. Sharp Parker -- Disengaging from terrorism / John Horgan -- De-radicalization and the staircase from terrorism / Fathali M. Moghaddam.