“ Today the streets of the world’s great cities, its airport tarmacs, and military bases are being turned into battlefields as small bands of terrorists and lone assassins seek to achieve political goals. ”
इस कारण से यह पुस्तिका आतंकवाद के पीछे के उद्देश्‍यों को वैसे जाँचती है जैसे इस क्षेत्र के विशेषज्ञ इसे देखते हैं ।