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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.
LIBRA HV6432 .A52 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- 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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