Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index.
Contents
Mike Bray and abortion clinic bombings -- Theological justifications -- Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh -- Catholics and Protestants in Belfast -- Yoel Lerner and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin -- Baruch Goldstein's attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- Meir Kahane and Jewish justifications for violence -- Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center bombing -- Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas suicide missions -- Modern Islamic justifications for violence -- Simranjit Singh Mann and India's assassinations -- Sikh and Hindu justifications for violence -- Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo assault -- Can Buddhist violence be justified?