Best deal I found was here: http://amzn.to/2xsz2tWGot it for class.

I teach a course on terrorism and considered this book for my class. I decided against it primarily because of the price, but I have read it and reference it when writing my lectures. The material covered is okay, but the writing is not good. It could have been organized much better. There are also a ton of typos, to the point that it is distracting. Even if this was the best book in terms of content, I would never make my students pay $85 for something that was apparently not proofread.

This is used as a text for unit study in Political Violence and Terrorism. It is quite easy to read and follow, yet remains very comprehensive.

Ok, Susan and Pamela, "in perspective" is a stretch. The book served its purpose in class - to give history and overview of different types of terrorism, terrorist groups, events, etc. But it is written from a hegemonic western perspective, and quite explicitly mocks the idea "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." I am strongly against all violence in all forms (yes, studying political science and sociology has been very difficult), and this book strongly pushes the view that terrorist violence is only committed by a non-state actor - completely glossing over a critical review of how the current power structure came to be this way - the modern countries achieved it using what would be defined as today as terrorism. This one-sidedness applies to their selected readings as well. It might be worth the purchase just for the compilation of readings (read critically, of course!), but I'd say many of them can be found for free online or through a database if you have access.

Outstanding!