About the Author

Irish-born Louise Richardson is one of the world's experts on international security and terrorism. She is Dean of the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. In addition to her research and teaching she gives lectures to audiences as diverse as corporate executives, the US senate and, most recently, the international conference held in Madrid to mark the first anniversary of the bombing there.

Reviews

'Louise Richardson is a world authority on global terrorism. Here she brings her unique insights into the motivations of terrorists across the world into a passionate, incisive and groundbreaking argument that provocatively overturns the myths surrounding terrorism.' - Mary Robinson Refreshingly clear - Metro Simply the best thing of its kind available now in this highly crowded area' - Evening Standard: Robert Fox Rigorous, lucid and highly readable - Bookseller Richardson sweeps aside conventional and woolly notions of terrorism' - Financial Times A thoughtful and stimulating study of the greatest security problem facing the world today - Deaglan de Breadun, Irish Times [Richardson s] book is calm, elegantly written and superbly researched. Possibly the most intelligent and readable contemporary one-volume account available - Steven Poole, Guardian

'Louise Richardson is a world authority on global terrorism. Here she brings her unique insights into the motivations of terrorists across the world into a passionate, incisive and groundbreaking argument that provocatively overturns the myths surrounding terrorism.' - Mary Robinson Refreshingly clear - Metro Simply the best thing of its kind available now in this highly crowded area' - Evening Standard: Robert Fox Rigorous, lucid and highly readable - Bookseller Richardson sweeps aside conventional and woolly notions of terrorism' - Financial Times A thoughtful and stimulating study of the greatest security problem facing the world today - Deaglan de Breadun, Irish Times [Richardson s] book is calm, elegantly written and superbly researched. Possibly the most intelligent and readable contemporary one-volume account available - Steven Poole, Guardian