Table of Contents ; Dedication ; Acknowledgements ; Notes on Contributors ; Introduction by Samuel Justin Sinclair & Daniel Antonius ; PART ONE ; Chapter 1: Trust in the U.S. Government and Anti-Terrorism Policies Following 9/11: Are We All in This Together? ; By Virginia Chanley ; Chapter 2: Perceptions of Threat, Trust in Government and Policy Support for the War in Iraq ; By George Shambaugh ; Chapter 3: Negative Emotions and Political Engagement ; By Michael J. Stevens ; Chapter 4: Beyond the Water's Edge: Threat, Partisanship, and Media ; By Shana Kushner Gadarian ; Chapter 5: The War/Crime Narrative and Fear Content in Leader Rhetoric about Terrorism ; By Krista De Castella & Craig McGarty ; Chapter 6: Fear of Suicide Terrorism: Consequences for Individuals and Politics ; By C. Dominik Guss, Alexandra Foust, & Dietrich Dorner ; Chapter 7: Policy Preference in Response to Terrorism:The Role of Emotions, Attributions, and Appraisals ; By Geoffrey Wetherell, Bradley M. Weisz, Ryan M. Stolier, ; Adam J. Beavers, & Melody S. Sadler ; PART TWO ; Chapter 8: The Legacy of Fear in Northern Ireland ; By Rachel Monaghan ; Chapter 9: A New Normal? Australian Responses to Terrorism and Their Impacts ; By Anne Aly ; Chapter 10: Psychological Determinants of the Threat of Terrorism And Preferred Approaches to Counterterrorism: The Case of Poland ; By Katarzyna Ja?ko, Ma?gorzata Kossowska & Maciej Sekerdej ; Chapter 11: An Exposure Effect? Evidence from a Rigorous Study on the Psycho-political Outcomes of Terrorism ; By Daphna Canetti, Carmit Rapaport, Carly Wayne, ; Brian J. Hall, & Stevan E. Hobfoll ; Chapter 12: Political Psychology of the Death Terror ; By Abdolhossein Abdollahi ; Chapter 13: Risk Perception, Fear and Its Consequences Following the 2004 Madrid and 2005 London Bombings ; By Marie-Helen Maras ; Chapter 14: Rallying Without Fear: Political Consequences of Terror in a High Trust Society ; By Dag Wollebaek, Kari Steen-Johnsen, Bernard Enjolras, & Guro Odegard ; PART THREE ; Chapter 15: The Politics of Terrorism Fears ; By Richard Jackson ; Chapter 16: Constructing Psychological Terror Post 9/11 ; By David L. Altheide ; Chapter 17: Why is it so Difficult to Evaluate the Political Impact of Terrorism? ; By Ami-Jacques Rapin

About the Author

Samuel Justin Sinclair is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and The Director of Research at the Psychological Evaluation and Research Laboratory (The PEaRL) at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Founder and Past-President of the Society for Terrorism Research, and Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the peer-refereed journal, Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. He has co-authored and co-edited a number of academic volumes, and has published numerous journal articles in the areas of psychological assessment, psychometrics, violence and aggression, and terrorism. Daniel Antonius, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor and Director of Forensic Research in the Department of Psychiatry at University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books on aggression, violence, forensic psychology, and terrorism.