Why Terrorism Works: Understanding The Threat, Responding To The Challenge

Alan Dershowitz argues that organised global terrorism is a phenomenon largely of our own making. By having tolerated and appeased terrorism for decades we have encouraged it. Now, if we want to reduce the frequency and severity of terrorist attacks, we have to consider a series of tough measures that are bound to be contentious. But only by such means, Dershowitz says, can we strike a balance between our need for security and our democratic values.

Lucidly written and powerfully argued, this is a highly controversial book to issue from the pen of a renowned civil libertarian.