Jeffrey Kaplan is based in the Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology; and Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence, and Memory at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA.

Heléne Lööw is based in the Department of History at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Leena Malkki is based at the Network for European Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

1. Introduction Theory and Policy Studies 2. On Tribalism: Auxiliaries, Affiliates, and Aspirational Political Violence 3. Counterinsurgency and Lone Wolf Terrorism 4. Law Enforcement Tactics and their Effectiveness in dealing with American Terrorism: Organizations, Autonomous Cells, and Lone Wolves 5. Toward a profile of lone-wolf terrorists: What moves an individual from radical opinion to radical action Case Studies 6. The Pre-1914 Anarchist "Lone Wolf" Terrorist and Governmental Responses 7. Men in Black: Dynamics, Violence, and Lone Wolf Potential 8. Lone Wolf Islamic Terrorism: Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad (Carlos Bledsoe) Case Study 9. Crusader Dreams: Oslo 22/7, Islamophobia, and the Quest for a Monocultural Europe 10. Hatred of the System: Menacing Loners and Autonomous Cells in the Netherlands 11. Political Elements in Post-Columbine School Shootings in Europe and North America Technological Impacts 12. Lone Wolf Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Examination of Capabilities and Countermeasures 13. An Army of One: Assessing CBRN Pursuit and Use by Lone Wolves and Autonomous Cells 14. Detecting Linguistic Markers for Radical Violence in Social Media