he publicly opposed attempts to increase the period permitted to detain terrorism suspects without trial in the UK and condemned the George W. Bush administration's approach to counterterrorism, such as the Guantánamo detention camp, which he criticized as flouting "international law and criminal justice". Indeed, he said that liberal democracy was what sparked his interest in his subject, stating that he had become "interested initially in the mid-1960s in why terrorism had been effective in some conflicts and not others. Then, with the burgeoning of modern international terrorism in the 1970s, I became interested in the politics of democratic and international response". He appreciated it as a multi-disciplinary and "ever-changing" research topic that was especially rewarding because he was a part of "a small band of pioneers in this almost totally neglected field" in his early career. Personal life He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours and died on 11 August 2011 at age 74. Select bibliography Single-authored works Political Terrorism (1974) Terrorism Versus Democracy (1976) Terrorism and the Liberal State (1977) Terrorism: International Dimensions (1979) The New Fascists (1981) The New Fascists (second edition) (1983) Terrorism and the Liberal State (second edition) (1986) Lessons of Lockerbie (1989) Terrorist Targets and Tactics (1990) The Victims of Terrorism: Research Report of the Airey Neave Trust (1994) Combating International Terrorism (1995) Inquiry into Legislation Against Terrorism, volume two, research report (1996) Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response (2000) Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response, second edition revised and updated (2006) International Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2007) Jointly authored works Terrorism: Theory and Practice (1978) British Perspective on Terrorism (1981) Contemporary Research on Terrorism (1986) Terrorism and International Order (1986) Technology and Terrorism (1993) Terrorism: British Perspectives (1993) Aviation Terrorism and Security (1999) Addressing the New Terrorism (2003) Terrorism and Human Rights (2006) Homeland Security in the UK: Future Preparedness for Terrorist Attacks since 9/11 (2007) Reviews Why Nicaragua?, a review of Nicaragua: The Sandinist Revolution by Henri Weber and Nicaragua, June 1978 - July 1979 by Susan Meiselas, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 10, Autumn 1982, pp. 45 & 46, References 2011 deaths 1937 births Alumni of Swansea University Academics of Cardiff University Academics of the University of Aberdeen Academics of the University of St Andrews Royal Air Force officers Terrorism theorists Commanders of the Order