It has become fashionable to seek technical solutions to terrorist threats, but this is only part of the answer. More important are seeking security for the intangible human practices that make us all what we are: citizens, tax-payers, workers, church-goers, etc.- i.e. members of civil society. If this is lost then we lose something more important than mere material goods or infrastructure (as is typical in terrorist attacks)- we lose our very selves. History shows that if populations feel they are well governed and have a just common cause they will cheerfully put up with even great hardships (e.g. the ‘Blitz Spirit’), but will not do so if they distrust what their government is doing in response to a threat (e.g. the US after 9/11). Five suggestions for further research in this area are offered.