The popular, academic, and technical literature on Terrorism is extensive. Here we will attempt only to lead you to the best bibliographical or encyclopedic sources and provide a short list of the most significant works in the field.

Bibliographies and Encyclopedias:

Martha Crenshaw and John Pimlott (editors), International Encyclopedia of Terrorism, 1997.

Selected References:

Countering Suicide Terrorism, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, 2001.

Martha Crenshaw, Revolutionary Terrorism: The FLN in Algeria, 1954-62.

Martha Crenshaw, editor, Terrorism in Africa, International Library of Terrorism, Volume 4.

Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, 2003.

Loch K. Johnson, Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security, 2000.

Walter Laqueur (Walter Reich, editor), Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind.

Michael T. Osterholm, John Schwartz, Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe, 2000.

Walter Laqueur, No End to War: Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003.

Paul R. Pillar, Michael H. Armacost, Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy

Maxwell Taylor, editor, The Future of Terrorism.

John Tucker, editor, Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (Bcsia Studies in International Security), 2000.