Book review: P. Ebigg, R. Fiedler, A. Wejkszner, S. Wojciechowski, “The Lexicon of Contemporary Terrorist Organizations”, Institute of Political Science and Journalism, Poznań 2007

Terrorism is one of the greatest threats to contemporary civilization. The incidents that take the form of terrorist attacks occur in the territories of many countries, and they diff er not only in motives and methods, but also in realization measures. These incidents continue to grow in numbers and escalate. In fact, terrorism paralyses huge masses of people and causes harm to the proper functioning of democratic countries, especially their economic, social and political institutions. Rich countries are as much affected by it as those plunged in economic crises. Because of globalization, terrorists may freely travel around the world unnoticed by the most advanced identification systems.