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Recent Book: The Primrose Path: The Delinquent Way of Life

the struggles of terrorists merge with the activities of the criminal world, and this further diminishes any prospect of terrorists being accorded the honourable respect which the professional soldier commands. Not everyone would agree unreservedly with Dr. Clutterbuck that "the principal underlying cause of violence in the world, and especially the guerrilla and terrorist violence, is the inequitable distribution of wealth". Certainly, glaring contrasts in the wealth of states and social groups provide obvious openings for guerrilla campaigns to exploit: but it might well be argued that the main causes lie rather in the mutual fears and competing ambitions of states and political movements, in the fanatical desire of different groups and parties to remake the world closer to their heart's desire, and in the dark lust for violence for its own sake. Occasionally too he uses in the context of Northern Ireland the term "fascist" in a rather imprecise way, which perhaps is inevitable in view of that much-abused word's susceptibility to an infinite variety of meanings. But these are quibbles, which detract nothing from the value of what he is saying. The main burden of his message is clear. Modern civilized society is peculiarly vulnerable to terrorism, which can never be totally eradicated; but it can be kept down, so that the life and freedom of the community can be as normal as possible. A Government must not over-react, but must carry public opinion with it. In achieving this, effective use of the mass media is of high importance. As he says, "because the overwhelming majority of the public are hostile to acts of terrorism, the media will tend to present news of the terrorists in an unsympathetic light, and this will encourage the public to support the police, as well as giving them a better understanding of how best they can help them". In this country there is no need of a "third force", between the army and the police. Co-operation between these two is being brought to a high level of efficiency, and has as its key the principle that any joint army-police operation in support of the law should be under the command of a senior police officer. In this way can a free government best hold the fine balance between the use of a necessary degree of nicelycalculated force, the maintenance of the rule of law, and the preservarion of that individual liberty which is at once the product and the essence of a civilized state.