This volume considers aspects of that most amorphous of animals, the War on Terrorism. The articles do not aim to provide all answers; nor do they radiate a unified vision of what constitutes the war on terrorism. The pieces begin from a range of political and intellectual outlooks, though taken as a group, the difficulties of determining the limits and nature of the war on terrorism receive important attention. The authors address several major themes within the war on terrorism: what falls within its perimeters, its shifting manifestations, implications, responses and future directions.

Dr Alan O'Day is a Fellow in Modern History at Greyfriars, University of Oxford, UK.

Contents; Implications of the American anti-terrorism coalition for global architectures, Amitai Etzioni; Counter-terrorism via counter-proliferation, James J. Wirtz; The struggle against terrorism: grand strategy, strategy, and tactics, Barry R. Posen; An examination of the American response to terrorism: handling the aftermath through crisis intervention, Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Kristy Sumner; Unravelling the 'war' on terrorism: a risk-management exercise in war clothing? Yee-Kuang Heng; The response to terrorism as a threat to liberal democracy, Peter Chalk ; Terrorism and governability in New York City: old problem, new dilemma, Paul Kantor; Dying for 'enduring freedom': accepting responsibility for civilian casualties in the war against terrorism, Nicholas J. Wheeler; Situating the city and September 11th: military urban doctrine, 'pop-up' armies and spatial chess, Robert Warren; Issues of federalism in response to terrorism, John Kincaid and Richard L. Cole; Political geography II: terrorism, modernity, governance and governmentality, Colin Flint; 'Counterterrorism' and conventional military force: the relationship between political effect and utility, Charles T. Eppright; The use of armed force against terrorism: American hegemony or impotence? Walter Gary Sharp Sr; Pragmatic counter-terrorism, Jonathan Stevenson; American grand strategy in the age of terror, G. John Ikenberry; Democratic regimes, internal security policy and the threat of terrorism, Fernando Reinares; The discourse and practice of counter-terrorism in liberal democracies, Ronald D. Crelinsten; Spectres of 'terrorism', Saree Makdisi; Organizing the war on terrorism, William L. Waugh Jr and Richard T. Sylves; Government responses to terrorism: critical views of their impacts on people and public administration, M. Shamul Haque; Perspectives on privacy and terrorism: all is not lost - yet, Robert Gellman; The coming war on terrorism, Lawrence Freedman; Finance warfare as a response to international terrorism, Martin S. Navias; How useful is the economic model of crime in assisting the war against terrorism?, Dorothy Manning; The therapeutic potential of narrative therapy in conflict transformation, Cathie J. Witty; The architecture of government in the face of terrorism, Ashton B. Carter; Military deterrence of international terrorism: an evaluation of Operation El Dorado Canyon, Henry W. Prunckun Jr and Philip B. Mohr; The effectiveness of antiterrorism policies: a vector-autoregression-intervention analysis, Walter Enders and Todd Sandler; Name index.