State of Terror

Preface
Part I. Introduction


1. Prologue


2. Writing the Script: Language, Hegemony, and Historical Interpretation


3. Setting the Stage: Foundations of Meaning for Terrorism


Part II. The Telling of Stories on Different Stages


4. (Re)Constructing the Event: The Achille Lauro Plot


5. (Re)Constructing the Event: The Hijacking of TWA 847


6. Props, Sets, Stunts: The Global Transmission of Reality


Part III. Conclusion: Themes, Messages, Reflections


7. Terrorism: The Art of Statecraft


8. Epilogue


Afterword
by Pat Lauderdale


Notes


References


Index