The author’s book is presented by Bruce Hoffman, who wrote the introduction, as embodying “the hallmarks of Weimann’s decades of scholarship: presenting a comprehensive, thoughtful, and sober analysis – supported by voluminous empirical evidence and trenchant, revealing examples.” Gabriel Weimann’s book does not deserve such ode. One of the elementary tasks of a scholar is to substantiate the facts he or she is presenting by attaching to factual claims verifiable and trustworthy evidence. Another elementary task of scholarly writing is to refrain from omitting relevant facts. As shown below, Weimann’s book represents a collection of unsubstantiated claims and negligent omissions. His book lacks therefore scholarly value.

Almost 10 Years After 9/11, U.N. Still Grappling to Define Terrorism Thursday, April 21, 2011 By Patrick Goodenough   (CNSNews.com) – As the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, the United Nations is no closer to reaching a … Read more . . .

The definition of terrorism A new US government report illustrates that any classification of terrorist groups is fundamentally motivated by self-interest, writes Brian Whitaker     * Brian Whitaker     * guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 May 2001 10.12 BST Decide for yourself … Read more . . .

August 1, 2003    Terrorism: The Problems of Definition by Mark Burgess Defining terrorism has become so polemical and subjective an undertaking as to resemble an art rather than a science.  Texts on the subject proliferate and no standard work on … Read more . . .

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/121206falseflag.htm False Flag Terror Of The New World Order Methods used to facilitate staged attacks Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, December 12, 2006 The fact that states, intelligence and security agencies engage in false flag staged terror to further … Read more . . .

An exchange on the legitimacy of terrorism on ASIL forum, 23 August 2005: Mortimer Sellers:  Ms. Knightly raises the interesting point whether the chivalric rules of "civilized" warfare should ever be suspended — inotherwords, can the nature or behavior of … Read more . . .