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21. Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism by Dick Couch | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2006-05-23)
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Disappointing
Great Read!!!
God bless our troops
Down Range Review
Humbling to Read About Such Dedicated Service |
22. Slavery, Terrorism & Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat by Peter Hammond | |
Paperback: 116
Pages
(2005-04)
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The cost of information?
Islamic history
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0958454981/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title
A complete and honest publication about the threat of Islam
An Insight to Islam's Slave Trade |
23. A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism by Alston Chase | |
Paperback: 448
Pages
(2004-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description This is a radically new interpretation of the life and motives of the infamous Unabomber. Alston Chase's gripping account follows Ted Kaczynski from an unhappy adolescence in Illinois to Harvard, where he was subject not only to the despairing intellectual currents of the Cold War but also to ethically questionable psychological experiments. Kaczynski fled academia to the edge of the wilderness in Montana, but Chase shows us that he was never the wild mountain man the media often assumed him to be. Kaczynski was living in a book-lined cabin just off a main road when he formulated the view of the world that he used to justify murder. Through Chase's compelling narration of the planning and execution of Kaczynski's crimes, we come to know a thoroughly cold-blooded killer, but one whose ideas were uncannily close to those of mainstream America. Originally published in hardcover as Harvard and the Unabomber. Customer Reviews (5)
Useful as a Textbook
An American Terrorist
Well Done
Necessary Chase's book is an admirable study of both the Unabomber and the postwar currents that converged to contribute to the making of the Unabomber.Thankfully, Chase is wise enough not to offer excuses for Kaczynski's actions, but his research into what made Kaczynski "tick" provide a believable backdrop and a necessary antidote to the popular misconception of the Unabomber as a madman devoid of reason or motive. And rather than finding fault with Chase's attempt to tie the Unabomber's actions and theories to those of other "terrorist" groups, I found his arguments convincing, especially in regards to the pervasiveness of the positivistic, supremely rational curriculum of Western universities and the devaluing of the humanities. We need more thinkers and researchers like Chase who are willing to make us question our kneejerk reactions to men who make us as uncomfortable as Kaczynski.
Superficial and obsessive But this potentially valuable insight gets lost in Chase's superficial and obsessive recounting of what he views as a social crisis bought on by 'value-free' education and philosphy. In the process, Chase condemns both academia and those who revolted against it, post-war society and those who pointed out it's failings, the US government and those who would try to move beyond a nation-state. By the end of the book, Chase has variously described Kaczynski as somehow representative of deep-ecologists, anti-globlization protestors, and even islamic fundamentalists (who, whatever their other problems, would not seem to be suffering from a 'value-free' education), all of whom (along with multiple other groups that the author doesn't like) are indiscriminately labelled 'terrorists'. ... Read more |
24. None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism by Michael Hirsh | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2004-09-07)
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Not impressed
A view of a unique unit with a unique mission
A Great Book, That Hands out a Bit of Message
The good news that most of the media deems not fit to print
Enthralling |
25. When Terrorism Strikes Home: Defending the United States by James A. Fagin | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2005-11-05)
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26. The Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond by Michael Parenti | |
Paperback: 64
Pages
(2002-02-01)
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Nothing we don't know now
the missing pieces to parts of the puzzle
The terrorist Trap
Absolutely Brilliant
Parenti is about hard truths.... September 11 was an opportunity for the world to wake up and change course toward a cooperative and peaceful future. Instead, the Bush administration, the oil/fossil fuels industry, and the military/weapons industry steered us toward more of the same old mistakes, arrogance, and ignorance. Mr. Parenti clues us in on who benefits from walking down the same road we've been so many times. Incidentally, Oliver North never mentioned bin Laden in his Iran/Contra testimony, as a previous reviewer asserts, and this bit of right-wing mythology is well-debunked at snopes dot com (http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.htm). ... Read more |
27. Understanding Terrorism: Groups, Strategies, and Responses (3rd Edition) by James M. Poland | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2010-01-13)
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Understanding terrorism |
28. The Martyr's Prize: A Tale of American Exceptionalism and Ruthlessness in the Age of Religiously Inspired Terrorism by Brooks William Kelley | |
Paperback: 408
Pages
(2010-02-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description A mere touch of the sticky silk is all it takes and the two find themselves drawn into a world so foreign, both literally and figuratively, that they are forced to reassess everything they previously understood about the history of Western Civilization and the global war on terror. The Martyr's Prize tells a tale of American exceptionalism, paying homage to the heroism and professionalism of our Special Forces and Counterterrorism communities while delivering a profound message-the alarming non-fiction groundwork, already in place and presented in the actual words of our enemies, for the future subjugation of the West. This plan, to bring about the elimination of all belief systems beyond their own, is at once spellbinding and horrifying in the face of its likely success. Customer Reviews (12)
sophomoric
A Fictional Reality
Excellent and riveting read
The Martyrs Prize
I look foreward to the next in this series |
29. Jewish Terrorism in Israel (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) by Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger | |
Hardcover: 264
Pages
(2009-10-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger, world experts on the study of terror and security, propose a theory of violence that contextualizes not only recent acts of terror but also instances of terrorism that stretch back centuries. Beginning with ancient Palestine and its encounters with Jewish terrorism, the authors analyze the social, political, and cultural factors that sponsor extreme violence, proving religious terrorism is not the fault of one faith, but flourishes within any counterculture that adheres to a totalistic ideology. When a totalistic community perceives an external threat, the connectivity of the group and the rhetoric of its leaders bolster the collective mindset of members, who respond with violence. In ancient times, the Jewishsicarii of Judea carried out stealth assassinations against their Roman occupiers. In the mid-twentieth century, to facilitate their independence, Jewish groups committed acts of terror against British soldiers and the Arab population in Palestine. More recently, Yigal Amir, a member of a Jewish terrorist cell, assassinated Yitzhak Rabin to express his opposition to the Oslo Peace Accords. Conducting interviews with former Jewish terrorists, political and spiritual leaders, and law-enforcement officials, and culling information from rare documents and surveys of terrorist networks, Pedahzur and Perliger construct an extensive portrait of terrorist aggression, while also describing the conditions behind the modern rise of zealotry. Customer Reviews (1)
Good Material - |
30. Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2006-07-25)
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Insightful study of suicide terrorism, but not wholly convincing
Solid research, warped conclusions
Good study but hardly all the answer
If updated for 4 years of events since Pape wrote it...
Understand What Terrorism is... |
31. Terrorism Today: The Past, The Players, The Future (4th Edition) by Clifford E. Simonsen, Jeremy R. Spindlove | |
Hardcover: 576
Pages
(2009-01-22)
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Poorly Written
Terrorism today
Informative
the 3rd edition is MUCH better than previous editions
Educated people wrote this??? |
32. The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction by Walter Laqueur | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2000-10-12)
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Fortunately not yet
Stops short of 911 His digressions into the literature that may have inspired such groups seem absurd at times, talking about James Bond supervillains and noting Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang, which was a dark comedy on environmental terrorism.However, he discusses more pertinent books such as The Turner Diaries, which supposedly inspired Timothy McVeigh in attacking the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Probably the best chapter is Terrorism and History.Again, there is nothing new but he provides a good encapsulation of terrorism down through the centuries, noting the historic origins of suicide bombings which have sadly become the favored tactics of extreme Islamicists today. He ends by delving into the apocalyptic potential of terrorists should they get their hands on nuclear, chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction, but there is nothing very solid here.More of the doomsday scenarios we have grown accustomed to. What I found sorely lacking was any attempt to deal with the political conditions that have given rise to the current wave of terrorism, such as the United States' and Britain's overextending foreign policy.Instead, the book is really nothing more than a collection of newspaper stories that will provide the reader with a general survey of terrorism and its threat to American foreign policy.
READ THIS FIRST
Apologia pro vita "The New Terrorism" sua I admit to being baffled by one other review in particular. Being fairly well versed in Baader-Meinhoff lore, and I couldn't find a single un-superficial problem with Laqueur's account of them, although I did like Laqueur's 1987 book "The Age of Terrorism" better than this book as far as the Red Army Faction goes. But these are small potato problems, and don't lead me at all to the conclusion our German friend had. I think it very significant that he did not bother to note a single "innacuracy". The other criticisms are either utterly beside the point or approaching the absurd. The worst were the spurious definitional demands. Until it was taken up by dogmatists, terrorism clearly meant non-state, irregular violence. It was only the needs of left-rhetoric that expanded the view of terrorism to include what states do, which intelligent people might think is called "war" and "repression". I can think of no reason to include The US and Isreal except for dogmatic purposes: if we were to include Isreal, why would our German friend not include Cuba? The clear answer is this is an ideological agenda and not a serious rejoinder for an expansive notion of terrorism. Essentially, the other reviewer doesn't like the US or Isreal from political contacts and is saddened from a lack of political agenda on the part of Mr. Laqueur. And if by some possibility our other reviewer friend does not mean some simple anti-American or anti-Isreali bias, then his main problem is that this book is an American writer writing from an American perspective on terrorism. Contrary to what mister Colberg believes, it is not a crime to have an American perspective. The last point is most substantive, and wqhere Mr. Laqueur is most right and his other rewviewer is most wrong- the vast majority of terrorists throughout ages have clearly been unremarkable people. This is what makes the phenomenon so interesting- the notion that terrorism is part of some corner in human nature. I give to you the 19 unremarkable folks who took down the World Trade Center as an example. I don't think our other reviewer friend realizes quite how well Joseph Conrad defined the standard terrorist or why his characterization has survived so long in the minds of people who think about terrorism. This was a fine book. Please buy it.
Very disappointing The information in this book doesn't appear to be very thoroughly researched (e.g. I am German and a lot of what Mr Laqueur write about what he calls the Baader-Meinhoff gang - which is actually only the first generation of the RAF - is simply wrong). What's more, it is amazingly superficial. How can you for instance reject the claim that terrorist are "unremarkable people" (Maxwell Taylor and Ethel Quayle in "Terrorist Lives") by quoting Joseph Conrad, a novelist? Mr Laqueur only needs to look at studies on e.g. Nazi death squads to see how those people who killed thousands of Jews in fact were what you'd call unremarkable people. On and on goes the list of shortcomings. On top of that, to make a political statement, Mr Laqueur's definition of what terrorism is excludes states like Israel (with a long history of state-sponsored terrorism) and the US itself (ditto - take for instance the US war against Nicaragua which, according to the international Court of Law, was pretty much state-sponsored terrorism). One could at least expect that an author who examines terrorism would look at all the different meanings the word "terrorism" has - as the ruler of Syria said the other day those Palestinian terrorists are freedom fighters for him. One might reject that but it has to be mentioned in a book which claims it is dealing with terrorism. ... Read more |
33. Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge by Alan M. Dershowitz | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2003-09-01)
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Not a useful contribution to the debate on how to beat terrorism
This book is great!
It works alright...
Torture is Good for the Commonweal
Unfortunately more true today than when the book was published |
34. Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security, Revised and Updated Edition by David Cole, James X. Dempsey | |
Paperback: 302
Pages
(2006-01-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld. In a vivid and important critique of our government's response to threats —real and perceived —from communists in the 1950s, Central American activists in the 1980s, Palestinians in the 1990s, and now Islamic terrorists in the twenty-first century, two leading constitutional scholars warn that many of our government's anti-terrorism efforts sacrifice civil liberties without effectively protecting national security. James X. Dempsey, former assistant counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, and David Cole, a law professor and leading civil liberties lawyer, contend that in its response to the attacks of September 11, the Bush administration has already repeated many of the worst mistakes of the past, and is unlikely to make Americans more secure. By comparing recent anti-terrorism measures to law enforcement abuses of the past, the authors make a compelling case against the 1996 and 2001 Anti-Terrorism Acts, both of which offer the FBI far more latitude than is necessary or desirable in a free society. A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers. Customer Reviews (4)
This Book Lacks Real Solutions
Rest in Peace Bill of Rights...slain by the Patriot Act
Great book, but scary to think about, post-9/11 study.
6 years older , but none the wiser... Now with 9/11 and the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" (U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T) Act (how much time, do you suppose, does it take to come with these acronyms?), the authors are back with a critical look at a drive towards what has very little to do with counterterrorism and quite a bit to do with increasing and centralizing power. In the past 12 months we've had proposals for a national ID card, a missle defense system, legalized torture, suspension of writ of habeas corpus, a "homeland security" infrastructure that is heavily reliant on security technologies of dubious value. Basically the only thing that has changed that would have prevented the 9/11 are locked Cabin doors and the newfound general awareness that "cooperating with the hijacker" might not be the best policy for passeners. Also along the way, a steady trickle of stories of missed opportunities, ignored warning and frustrated investingations have come out regarding the FBI and others to use the powers they already do have. The bulk of the book deals with FBI misdeed during the Cold War and proposes an unfashionable counterrorism strategy that emphasizes the responsibility of actors, not ideology. Basically, trying to treat terrrorism as a crime not as war. The proposals are a little narrow. Terrorism of the sort represented by al Quaeda is international, not just national. The fight against it will share more with racketeering and global criminal networks. And a world court is needed. I'm not sure if dealing on a purely "case-by-case" basis will do the trick. Nevertheless, the authors have offered a well reasoned case and in the current climate when we are asked to give up so much with only the assurance of "trust us" we would do to heed their call. ... Read more |
35. The Banality of Suicide Terrorism: The Naked Truth About the Psychology of Islamic Suicide Bombing by Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2010-03-31)
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horrible and disappointing
The Banality of Suicide Terrorism
The relation between islamic terrorism, psychoanalyze and the Borderline DSM IV diagnostic
A fine survey for any college-level psychology or social issues library
The Banality of Suicide Terrorism |
36. Terrorism, Third Edition: An Investigator's Handbook by William E. Dyson | |
Paperback: 440
Pages
(2008-08-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description This handbook introduces the reader to the field of terrorism investigation. Describing how terrorists operate and how they differ from other criminals, it provides an outline of how terrorism investigations should be conducted. By helping investigators to develop skills and knowledge, this guide helps them to prepare prosecutable cases against terrorists. Customer Reviews (2)
Outstanding work by the expert
Nice book |
37. Aviation and Airport Security: Terrorism and Safety Concerns, Second Edition by Kathleen Sweet | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(2008-12-23)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Definitive Handbook on Terrorist Threats to Commercial Airline and Airport Security Considered the definitive handbook on the terrorist threat to commercial airline and airport security, USAF Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Sweet’s seminal resource is now updated to include an analysis of modern day risks. She covers the history of aviation security and compares current in-flight security practices with those of other countries. Covering Transportation Security Administration changes in security, policy, and training regulation since 9/11, this authoritative reference: In addition to cargo and passenger security, the text looks at airport and aviation business practices and how security considerations are factored into business processes. The first edition quickly became required reading for air service operators and airport management training programs. This edition is certain to follow suit. About the Author: Kathleen M. Sweet, Lt. Col., Ret., USAF, JD, is on the adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland, Department of Emergency Management. Lt. Col. Sweet is also a consultant with International Risk Control Ltd, London, England, and president and CEO of Risk Management Security Group, a transportation security consulting firm. Customer Reviews (7)
Great seller
Poorly written
Aviation and Airport Security
Teacher
One of the worst written textbooks ever... |
38. Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky (Revolutions) by Leon Trotsky | |
Paperback: 183
Pages
(2007-10-17)
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defense of equality |
39. Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky (Revolutions) by Leon Trotsky | |
Paperback: 183
Pages
(2007-10-17)
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defense of equality |
40. Intimate Terrorism: The Crisis of Love in an Age of Disillusion by Michael Vincent Miller | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(1996-11-17)
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Brilliant
Well Worth A Careful Reading
Nothing we really don't already know
This is not a handbook! ;)
Author falls short of his goal |
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