Acknowledgments Introduction: Dilemmas in the War Against Terrorism; S.Cohen PART I: THE HISTORICAL AND THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVES Democracies and the Ethics of War: The Record of the Past; F.Cochet The International Laws of War and the Fight against Terrorism; E.Decaux The French State Faced with the Algerian Nationalists (1954-1962): A War Against Terrorism?; R.Branche Agents and Ambushes: Britain’s ‚Dirty War‘ in Northern Ireland; M.Frampton PART II: THE STRUGGLE OF DEMOCRACIES AGAINST TERRORISM Democracy and Norms of War: Locating Moral Responsibility for Atrocity in Iraq; N.Crawford The British Way in Warfare; A.Finlan Between Humanitarian Logic and Operational Effectiveness: How the Israeli Army faced the Second Intifada; S.Cohen The Armed Forces, Power and Society: 18 years of Counter insurgency in Indian Kashmir; F.Grare The Army of the Fifth Republic and the Ethics of War in Contemporary Conflicts; B.Irondelle PART III. NON-DEMOCRATIC REGIMES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM Russia’s War in Chechnya: The Discourse of Counter-Terrorism and the Legitimation of Violence; A.Le Huérou & A.Regamay Algeria: Is an authoritarian regime more effective in combating terrorist movements?; L.Martinez Conclusion; S.Cohen

Edited by SAMY COHEN is Research Director at CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research) Sciences Po, Paris, France. He is teaching at the Comparative Politics Master at Sciences Po, France. He is author of several books among which
The Resilience of The State. Democracy and the Challenge of the Globalization, 2006;
Mitterrand and the End of the Cold War, (ed.), 1998.