This book explains what terrorism means, and examines why some people are prepared to kill innocent civilians, and sometimes even themselves, in the name of a political or religious cause. With information about the history of terrorism and the threats that the world faces today after the horror of 11 September 2001, this book provides all the facts readers need to make up their own minds about the subject.

 

This book is part of a book series called Why? .

There are 48 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2007 by Hachette Children's Group .

Alex Woolf is a well-known children's non-fiction author, with many books on history to his credit.