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America confronts terrorism : understanding the danger and how to think about it : a documentary record / edited with an introduction by John Prados.

Van Pelt Library HV6432 .A52 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Prados, John.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Terrorism--Sources.
Terrorism.
Terrorists--Sources.
Terrorists.
Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Sources.
Military policy.
International relations.
United States.
Intelligence service--United States--Sources.
Intelligence service.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Sources.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
United States--Foreign relations--1993-2001--Sources.
United States--Military policy--Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:
436 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2002.
Summary:
As a foremost authority on national and international security affairs, Prados presents the experts' thoughts on strategy, technology and counterterrorism, using materials from congressional investigations to executive orders.
Contents:
The Horror on September 11 7
Bin Laden Statement, October 7, 2001 12
I. Appreciations of the Therat of Terrorism
The Worldwide Threat 2001: National Security in a Changing World / Statement by CIA Director George Tenet 21
Global Trends 2015 / Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council 23
Strategic Intent for the United States Intelligence Community / Director of Central Intelligence 25
Terrorism: Frequently Asked Questions / Central Intelligence Agency 28
Global Threats and Challenges Through 2015 / Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, Director 30
Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States / Thomas Fingar, Director 34
II. Countering the Changing Threat
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism / Report of the National Commission on Terrorism 40
National Commission on Terrorism Report: Background and Issues for Congress / Raphael F. Perl 57
III. Patterns of Global Terrorism
Terrorism Statistics / State Department Annual Reports, 1993-1999 68
Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000 / Department of State 86
Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy / Raphael F. Perl 144
IV. Osama Bin Laden
Usama Bin Ladin: Islamic Extremist Financier / Biographical Profile, Central Intelligence Agency 169
Usama Bin Ladin / Profiles, Department of State, 1997, 1998, 1999 172
Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders / Statement of the World Islamic Front 176
V. Terrorist Groups and Methods
Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001 / Kenneth Katzman 183
Technology Acquisition by Terrorist Groups / Brian A. Jackson 216
Terror Training Manual: Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants 244
VI. The Record of the 1990S
Khobar Barracks Incident
The Protection of U.S. Forces Deployed Abroad: Report to the President from the Secretary of Defense 277
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Finds Khobar Towers Bombing "Not the Result of an Intelligence Failure" 294
Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
Terrorism: U.S. Response to Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania: A New Foreign Policy Direction? / Raphael F. Perl 305
Incident Report from Political Violence Against Americans / Department of State 312
Ensuring Public Safety and National Security Under the Rule of Law / Louis J. Freeh, Director 315
Terrorism in the United States, 1998 / Federal Bureau of Investigation 326
USS Cole Bombing Attack
Review of USS Cole Attack Reports and Suggestions for Additional Recommended Actions / William S. Cohen 341
Executive Summary, USS Cole Commission Report 343
Lost Patrol: The Attack on the Cole / Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr. 351
Terrorist Attack on the USS Cole: Background and Issues for Congress / Raphael F. Perl, Ronald O'Rourke 359
VII. United States Responses
Executive Order on Terrorist Financing / President George W. Bush 379
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban, Executive Order 13129, and Text of Letter to Congressional Leaders / President William J. Clinton 386
Terrorist Assets Report, 1998 / Department of the Treasury 392
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 / Reports by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 398
Memorandum of Law: Assassination / Office of the Judge Advocate General 405
Doctrine for Joint Special Operations / Joint Chiefs of Staff 411.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-436).
ISBN:
156663444X
OCLC:
49397914

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