Terror, Insurgency, and the State assembles the findings of more than a dozen scholars who have conducted extensive field research with rebel groups. This comparative analysis documents the aim of longstanding insurgent groups.

Terror, Insurgency, and the State
Ending Protracted Conflicts

Edited by Marianne Heiberg, Brendan O'Leary, and John Tirman

2007 | 512 pages | Cloth $49.95 | Paper $29.95
Political Science
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Table of Contents

Preface
—John Tirman
Introduction: Thinking About Durable Political Violence
—Brendan O'Leary and John Tirman

1. ETA: Euskadi 'ta Askatasuna
—Marianne Heiberg
2. FARC-EP: Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo
—Marc Chernick
3. GAM: Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh Movement)
—Kirsten E. Schulze
4. Hamas: Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya
—Jeroen Gunning
5. Hizballah
—Jeroen Gunning
6. IRA: Irish Republican Army (Oglaigh na hEireann)
—Brendan O'Leary
7. JKLF and JKHM: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and Jammu and Kashmir Hizb-ul Mujahideen
—Sumantra Bose
8. LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
—Brendan O'Duffy
9. PCP-SL: Partido Comunista de Peru-Sendero Luminos
—Marc Chernick
10. PKK: Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan
—Dogu Ergil
11. PLA CPN (M): People's Liberation Army of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
—Harald Olav Skar

Conclusion. Understanding and Ending Persistent Conflicts: Bridging Research and Policy
—Brendan O'Leary and Andrew Silke

Notes
List of Contributors
Index