URBAN GUERRILLAS, IT IS ARGUED, ARE ACTUALLY URBAN TERRORISTS, FOR TRUE GUERRILLA WARFARE IS NOT PRACTICABLE IN THE CITIES. POLITICAL TERRORISM IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON - ONLY THE CURRENT MANIFESTATIONS ARE NEW. TERRORIST GROUPS ARE SAID TO BE ELITIST ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OFTEN BELIEVING IN THE HISTORICAL MISSION OF A TINY MINORITY. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH TERRORISM DOES PRESENT SOME DANGER TO MODERN SOCIETY. THE MAGNIFICATION OF ITS IMPORTANCE CONSTITUTES A FAR GREATER DANGER.