Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response - Second Edition. Paul Wilkinson This new edition of Paul Wilkinson's Terrorism Versus Democracy examines the major trends in international terrorism and the liberal democratic response. Drawing key lessons form the recent experience of democracies, and in particular from the response of the US and UK to the events of 9/11, the author has revised existing chapters and added new ones in order to offer a candid interim balance sheet on the success and failures of the 'War on Terror'. The book thus analyses the new role assigned to the military, the growing trend in hostage-taking and sieges, the challenges faced by aviation security and the place of international cooperation in combating terrorism. It also highlights some of the major dangers emphasized in the first edition, such as over-reaction, over-reliance on the use of military force in an effort to suppress terrorism, and the adoption of measures that involve major curtailments of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, which could undermine the very democracy one is trying to defend. This book will be required reading for all students of security, politics and terrorism studies, but also for policy-makers, legislators, and the law-enforcement and security professions as well as informed lay readers. Paul Wilkinson is Professor of International Relations and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews. His publications include Contemporary Research on Terrorism (as co-editor, 1987) and Aviation Terrorism and Security (as co-editor, 1999). He co-authored with Joseph S. Nye Jr and Yukio Satoh the report to the Trilateral Commission (2003) Addressing the New International Terrorism; Prevention, Intervention and Multilateral Co-operation and served as Adviser to Lord Lloyd of Berwick's Inquiry into Legislation Against Terrorism, and authored volume two, the Research Report for the Inquiry (1996).