1. Quoted in Peter Tsouras, Warriors' Words (London: Cassell, 1992), p. 258.
2. Quoted in Peter Tsouras, Warriors' Words (London: Cassell, 1992), p. p. 157.
3. Even a clear definition of terrorism eludes consensus, although this article follows Crenshaw's description of terrorism as "a particular style of political violence, involving attacks on a small number of victims in order to influence a wider audience" (Martha Crenshaw, "How terrorists think: What psychology can contribute to understanding terrorism," in L. Howard, ed., Terrorism: Roots, Impact, Responses (London: Praeger, 1992), pp. 71-80). The claims as to what behaviors fit into this definition vary hugely but the focus of this article is very much that of terrorism from below. Such terrorism is essentially a strategy of the weak, adopted "by groups with little numerical, physical or direct political power in order to effect political or social change" (N. Friedland, "Becoming a terrorist: Social and individual antecedents," in L. Howard, ed., Terrorism: Roots, Impact, Responses (London: Praeger, 1992), pp. 81-93).
4. As quoted in a BBC interview. Elements of this interview were printed in Toby Harnden and George Jones, "Early release of terrorists under attack," The Daily Telegraph, 4 February 1999.
5. For a review of the relevant research see Andrew Silke, "Cheshire-Cat Logic: The recurring theme of terrorist abnormality in psychological research," Psychology, Crime, and Law 4(1) (1998), pp. 51-69.