This volume aims to 'bring the state back into terrorism studies' and fill the notable gap that currently exists in our understanding of the ways in which states employ terrorism as a political strategy of internal governance or foreign policy.

Richard Jackson is Reader in International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the founding editor of the Routledge journal, Critical Studies on Terrorism and the convenor of the BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group (CSTWG). Eamon Murphy is Professor of History and International Relations at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. Scott Poynting is Professor in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.

1. State Terrorism in the Social Sciences: Theories, Methods and Concepts Ruth Blakeley 2. Darfur's Dread: Contemporary State Terrorism in the Sudan David Mickler 3. State Terrorism and the Military in Pakistan Eamon Murphy and Aazar Tamana 4. Israel's Other Terrorism Challenge Sandra Nasr 5. 'We have no orders to save you': State Terrorism, Politics and Communal Violence in the Indian state of Gujarat, 2002 Eamon Murphy 6. The Politics of Convenient Silence in Southern Africa: Relocating the Terrorism of the State Joan Wardrop 7. Revenge and Terror: The Destruction of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait Victoria Mason 8. Winning Hearts and Mines: The Bougainville Crisis, 1988-90 Kristian Lasslett 9. Paramilitarism and State Terror in Colombia Sam Raphael 10. 'We are all in Guantanamo': State Terror and the case of Mamdouh Habib Scott Poynting 11. From Garrison State to Garrison Planet: State Terror, the War on Terror and the Rise of a Global Carceral Complex Jude McCulloch 12. The Deterrence Logic of State Warfare: Israel and the Second Lebanon War, 2006 Karine Hamilton Conclusion: Contemporary State Terrorism: Towards a New Research Agenda Richard Jackson