Richard Bonney was Professor of Modern History at the University of Leicester from 1984 to 2006 and is now Emeritus Professor. He is also Professorial Research Fellow in South Asian Security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Whitehall. His recent publications include Jihad: from Qur'an to Bin Laden and False Prophets: the 'Clash of Civilizations' and the Global War on Terror (Peter Lang, 2008).