"Cities, War and Terrorism" is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period. A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and citiesArgues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflictWritten by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violenceDraws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studiesProvides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the "War on Terrorism," the Balkan wars, the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battlesOffers lay readers a sophisticated