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  • Political Terrorism

    A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature

    by A.J. Jongman ...
    While there is no easy way to define terrorism, it may generally be viewed as a method of violence in which civilians are targeted with the objective of forcing a perceived enemy into submission by creating fear, demoralization, and political friction in the population under attack. At one time a marginal field of study in the social sciences, terrorism is now very much in center stage. The 1970s ... Read more

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  • The Triple Agent

    The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

    by Joby Warrick ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter, a stunning narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror."Warwick is a brilliant reporter...A gripping true-life spy saga."—Los Angeles Times**In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist ... Read more

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  • Terror Tunnels

    The Case for Israel's Just War Against Hamas

    by Alan Dershowitz ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author "has focused his internationally recognized expertise and clarity of vision on . . . this evolving terrorist tactic" (Benjamin Netanyahu).At a time when Israel is under persistent attack—on the battlefield, by international organizations, and in the court of public opinion—Alan Dershowitz presents a powerful case for Israel's just war against terrorism.In the ... Read more

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  • Licensed to Kill

    Privatizing the War on Terror

    by Robert Young Pelton ...
    Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning insights into the way private soldiers are used.Enter a blood-soaked world of South ... Read more

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  • The Lessons of Terror

    A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It WillFail Again

    by Caleb Carr ...
    In The Lessons of Terror, novelist and military historian Caleb Carr examines terrorism throughout history and the roots of our present crisis and reaches a provocative set of conclusions: the practice of targeting enemy civilians is as old as warfare itself; it has always failed as a military and political tactic; and despite the dramatic increases in its scope and range of weapons, it will ... Read more

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  • The Ground Truth

    The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11

    by John Farmer ...
    From the senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, a mesmerizing real-time portrayal of that day, why we weren?t told the truth, and why our nation is still at risk.As one of the primary authors of the 9/11 Commission Report, John Farmer is proud of his and his colleagues? work. Yet he came away from the experience convinced that there was a further story to be told, one he was uniquely qualified to ... Read more

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  • Why Geography Matters

    Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism

    by Harm de Blij ...
    Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos; China will emerge as a superpower; and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? ... Read more

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  • Does State Spying Make Us Safer?

    The Munk Debate on Mass Surveillance

    by Michael Hayden, Alan Dershowitz, Glenn Greenwald, Alexis Ohanian, Edward Snowden ...
    Series series Munk Debates
    Does government surveillance make us safer? The thirteenth Munk Debate, held in Toronto on Friday, May 2, 2014, pitted Michael Hayden and Alan Dershowitz against Glenn Greenwald and Alexis Ohanian to debate whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom — the democratic issue of the moment.In a risk-filled world, democracies are increasingly turning to large-scale state ... Read more

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  • Justice and Security in the 21st Century

    Risks, Rights and the Rule of Law

    Edited by Barbara Hudson, Synnove Ugelvik ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security
    This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century society.The issue of enhancing security without undermining justice – managing risk without undermining the rule of law – has always been problematic. However, recent developments such as new counter-terrorism measures, the expanding scope of criminal law, harsher migration control and an ... Read more

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  • The IRA and Armed Struggle

    by Rogelio Alonso ...
    Series series Political Violence
    The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply enmeshed in the Northern Ireland peace process, Rogelio Alonso asks why one of the bloodiest terrorist movements of our time decide to swap weapons for the ballot box?Based on over seventy interviews conducted with former and existing members of the IRA ... Read more

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  • Rogue Justice

    The Making of the Security State

    by Karen J. Greenberg ...
    The definitive account of how America’s War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. From that day forward, the Bush administration turned to the Department of Justice to ... Read more

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  • Killing Timothy McVeigh

    The Hidden Al Qaeda Attack On Oklahoma City

    by Bobby Wilson, J.D. ...
    The horrific bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 was the result of a Government "sting" operation that went terribly wrong, resulting in the political and judicial lynching of Timothy McVeigh, a Government Agent, as part of a massive Government Cover-up. ... Read more

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