Analyses the connections between terrorism and drug trafficking and the options available to governments in combatting the terrorist threat since the end of the Cold War.

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Conflict in the post-Communist world; Chapter 2 A New kind of peacekeeping; Part 2 Technological development; Chapter 3 A vulnerable society; Chapter 4 Personal weapons; Chapter 5 Missiles, longer range weapons and bombs; Chapter 6 Detecting explosives, bombs and guns; Chapter 7 Intelligence and the microelectronics revolution; Chapter 8 Physical security; Part 3 Drugs, political violence and crime; Chapter 9 Cocaine; Chapter 10 Heroin and hashish; Chapter 11 The consumers; Part 4 Rural guerrilla warfare; Chapter 12 Rural guerrillas-LatinAmerica; Chapter 13 Rural guerrillas-Asia and Africa; Chapter 14 Development of rural guerrilla warfare; Part 5 Urban terrorism; Chapter 15 Urban terrorist organizations; Chapter 16 Urban terrorist techniques; Chapter 17 Developments in countering terrorism; Chapter 18 Airport and airline security; Part 6 Conclusions; Chapter 19 Stopping people killing each other; Chapter 20 Civil liberties and the rule of law; Sources and bibliography; Index;