Special reports in this volume focus on terrorism in the 1980's; technological, corporate, and personal considerations concerning antiterrorism; organizational and operational aspects of contemporary terrorist groups; Middle Eastern death squad activity in the United States; and European neo-Fascist groups. Specific aspects of these subjects are examined, including Cuban exile groups, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) attempts to establish an international communication system, Armenian terrorism in the United States, Iranian terrorist activity, security shortcomings at nuclear plants, reduction of corporate vulnerability overseas, and oppression in Libya. Activities of Iraqi gunmen, the Islamic guerrillas in America, violence in the Yugoslav emigre community, neo-Fascism in Paris and Spain, Italian 'black' terrorism, and right-wing terrorism in West Germany are also discussed. A second section assesses the current understanding of political terrorism and provides a selective bibliography of recent books and articles on terrorism. Tactics and countermeasures are the focus of a third section covering violence and the business community, the need for and the response of crisis management, and the principles of applied risk assessment. Social, political, strategic, and tactical implications of terrorist activity and their relationship to domestic and international corporations are discussed. In addition, the importance of corporate preplanning for crises is emphasized, and a theoretical discussion of such terrorist target considerations as vulnerability, visibility, and value is presented. A final section includes a monograph that sketches Iran's religious and political history to provide a framework for understanding the revolution in Iran; a description of the structure and dynamics of Italian terrorism; and a reprint of a 35-page document, originally published in Spanish, that sets forth an analysis of the situation and tasks of the popular Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. Charts are included. For specific papers, see NCJ 76491-95.