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Divided into six parts, this reference work aims to collect the most pertinent materials on terrorism but falls short of its assigned task. Following a brief introduction, Atkins launches into a 32-page chronology covering the 1894-1992 period. Unfortunately, only two entries (Sadi Carnot's assassination in Lyons in 1894 and Archduke Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914) are listed before 1931. A host of materials on Africa and Asia is left out (e.g., the many assassinations in South Africa during the Boer War; the wholesale terrorism of the Bolsheviks in Russia). What is listed focuses on the 1970s and the 1980s and concentrates overwhelmingly on the Middle East and Latin America. Bibliographical profiles follow in an 18-page section c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More