INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS BEEN GROWING IN RECENT YEARS. IT HAS TAKEN THE FORM OF DIPLOMATIC AND BUSINESS KIDNAPPINGS, AIRPLANE HIJACKINGS, LETTER BOMBS, POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS, AND MASS MURDERS. THE TERRORISTS, BY THEIR EXTREME ACTIONS AND THE PUBLICITY RECEIVED, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN DIPLOMATIC LEVERAGE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THEIR NUMBERS OR INFLUENCE WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. THE PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME WERE PRESENTED AT AN INTENSIVE PANEL DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AT THE 15TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION IN ST. LOUIS, MO., IN 1974. SUBJECTS OF THE PAPERS INCLUDE THE PROFILE OF A TERRORIST, DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS AND MEASURES TOWARD SUPPRESSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, AN OVERVIEW OF DIPLOMATIC KIDNAPPINGS, A CASE STUDY OF A DIPLOMATIC KIDNAPPING, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THE OVERSEAS BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TERRORISM--A GLOBAL APPROACH. FOR INDIVIDUAL PAPERS WITHIN THIS VOLUME, SEE NCJ 61351-61353. (CFW)