What is terrorism? How do terrorists differ from other criminals? What makes some individuals and groups decide to use violence to create terror as a means of achieving their aims? This book looks at the history of terrorism and analyses the motivations for its use. It looks at what is being done to tackle terrorism and asks readers to think about what they can do to help people in countries affected by terrorism, for example by fundraising for organisations supporting victims of terrorist attacks.

 

This book is part of a book series called Our World in Crisis .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Claudia Martin has worked in book publishing for 17 years. She is the author of several books and websites for children and young people. Her favourite subjects are history, current affairs and technology.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What is terrorism?
• 2: History of terrorism
• 3: Religious terrorism
• 4: Political terrorism
• 5: Facts about terrorism
• 6: Fighting terrorism
• 7: Does terrorism work?
• 8: Responses to terrorism