Terror Bombing: The Global Urban Threat

This book, which is an update on the 2002 edition, is again the combined effort of two eminent workers within the field of mass emergency situations and in particular in the response to terrorist activity. Normally this journal would shy away from such a text as it tries to maintain its apolitical stance, but in this instance the information contained in this book is of such importance that the editor feels that its inclusion is justified.

From their own personal experience and sound theoretical evaluation and research the authors have managed to cram a wealth of knowledge into one small volume. The book is not all about the effects of bombing but goes into the injuries sustained in other disastrous events. With chapters dealing with coping with the dead and injured, crowd formation and crowd management, communications, search and rescue, and mental‐health responses, this book must be essential reading for emergency planners world‐wide.