First published in 1990, Richard Clutterbuck's fascinating analysis of European security confronts the problems of internal European community frontiers and technological aids in combating terrorism and international crime. He looks at what the EC countries have done in the past, describes the technology now becoming available, and makes radical proposals for airport security, fighting drugs, and overcoming the intimidation of witnesses and juries. Above all, he foresees he exciting prospect of the USSR, the USA, and a united Europe co-operating for the first time to overcome the common enemies of terrorism and international crime.

Part I Introduction 1. The challenge of 1992 Part II Threat and response 1969-89 2. Foreign terrorists in Europe 3. Italy 4. West Germany 5. France, Benelux, Denmark and Ireland 6. Northern Ireland 7. Great Britain 8. Spain, Portugal and Greece 9. International crime and drug trafficking 10. European co-operation against terrorism Part III Technological development 11. Computerized intelligence systems 12. Identification and detection of imppersonation 13. Searching for guns, explosives and drugs Part IV Public Safety and civil rights 14. Detection, arrest and civil rights 15. Trial and sentence in face of intimidation Part V 16. Future development of the threat 17. Fighting the war in a united Europe