In this gripping study, award-winning historian Michael Burleigh lays bare the workings of the terrorist mind and explores the nature of terrorism, from its origins in the West to today`s global threat of jihadist violence. This searing analysis focuses on the distorted morality that drives terrorists to organise and operate, revealing who they are and the wider support encouraging them. Compelling and assured, "Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism" sheds an unflinching light on this globalised threat, and has been fully updated to include the recent Mumbai terror attacks and continued military clash in Gaza.