Preface
This study defines and analyzes the steadily increasing phenomenon of statesponsored terrorism, as requested by the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, on August 17, 198*. It also suggests appropriate responses from the viewpoint of the United States.
The authors have drawn their material solely from open, unclassified sources. The information is, however, in many cases not available in data banks in the United States because it was collected in research conducted in many countries over a long period of time under the auspices of the Institute for Studies in International Terrorism, State University of New York.
The analytical and interpretative statements in this report, not identified as derived from specific research material, reflect the authors' judgment based on reviewing the totality of this evidence accumulated during their many years of study of terrorism and the history of international behavior of certain states that have encouraged or assisted terrorist acts.
The conclusions of this study are based on the authors' scholarly findings and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Army, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, or the Institute for Studies in International Terrorism, State University of New York.
May 30, 1985