Further
Reading: Books on Terrorism
Imperial
Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Anonymous
The war on terror has created near unanimity on many points, at least
within the American press and political leadership. One essential point
of agreement: al Qaeda specifically and radical Islamism in general are
stirred by a hatred of modernity. Or as President George W. Bush has articulated
repeatedly, they hate freedom. Nonsense, responds the nameless author of
this work and 2003's Through Our Enemies' Eyes (the senior U.S. intelligence
official's identity became an open secret by publication date). Indeed,
he grimly and methodically discards common wisdom throughout this scathing
and compelling take on counterterrorism. Imperial Hubris is not a book
that will cheer Americans, regardless of their perspectives on the post-9/11
environment. We are, the author notes, losing the war on terror. Hawks
will squirm as the author heaps contempt on U.S. missions in Afghanistan
(too little, too late) and Iraq ("a sham causing more instability than
it prevents"), but opponents of Bush administration policies may blanch
at Anonymous' suggestion that what's needed is for the West to "proceed
with relentless, brutal, and, yes, blood-soaked offensive military actions
until we have annihilated the Islamists who threaten us." Quoting the at-all-cost
likes of William Tecumseh Sherman and Curtis Lemay on one hand and contending
that unrelenting military measures be accompanied by concessions to the
ideology of the militants on the other are unlikely to curry widespread
support from either side of the divide. And how will readers conditioned
to references to Osama bin Laden as a deranged gangster or simple-minded
fanatic with deep pockets digest the respect accorded "the most popular
anti-American leader in the world today"? Imperial Hubris clearly wasn't
written to win friends, though the author believes it's essential that
his words influence people at the top. Whether it will is debatable, but
that this blunt, forceful, urgently argued polemic recharges the discussion
is a foregone conclusion. --Steven Stolder - Amazon.com
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
Through
Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam & the Future of America
by Anonymous
Paperback from Brassey's Inc
Through
Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America
by Anonymous
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
Holy
War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
by Peter
l. Bergen
Paperback from Free Press
Forbidden
Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search
for bin Laden
by Jean-Charles
Brisard, Guillaume
Dasquie, Wayne
Madsen
Paperback from Nation Books
The
New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism
by Simon
Reeve
Hardcover from Northeastern University Press
Al
Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail
by Philip
Smucker
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
The
al-Qaeda Documents: Vol. 1
by Ben
Venzke
Paperback from Tempest Pub
Jihad,
Mujahideen, Taliban, Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush & Oil: A Study
in the Evolution of Terrorism & Islam
by Arthur
Frederick Ide, Jacob
Ronald Auliff
Paperback from Tangelwuld Press
The
Terrorist Trap: America s Experience with Terrorism, Second Edition
by Jeffrey D. Simon
(Paperback)
Warriors
of the Prophet : The Struggle for Islam
by Mark Huband
(Hardcover)
Study
of Revenge
by Laurie Mylroie
(Hardcover)
Unholy
Wars : Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
by John K. Cooley
(Hardcover)
Living
Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist
Catastrophe
by Michael T., Ph.D. Osterholm, John Schwartz
(Paperback)
Living
Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist
Catastrophe
by Michael T. Osterholm, John Schwartz
(Hardcover)
Terrorism
& The Constitution-Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National
Security
by James X. Dempsey, David Cole
(Paperback)
The Nostradamus Prophecy
by John S. Powell
Listed under Fiction - War Stories
Business
Handbook on Terrorism, Security and Survival : A Proactive Guide for Personal
Security in Today's Business Environment
by Gerry S. Thomas
(Paperback)
Combating
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism : A Comprehensive
Strategy : A Report of the Csis Homeland Defense Project)
by Frank J. Cilluffo, et al
(Paperback)
Counter
Terrorist Law & the Emerging Powers in the UK 1922-2000: Emergency
Law in the Northern Irish Context
by Laura K. Donohue
(Hardcover)
Insurgency
& Terrorism : Inside Modern Revolutionary Warfare
by Bard E. O'Neill, Edward C. Meyer
(Paperback)
The
Ultimate Terrorists
by Jessica Stern
(Paperback)
Death
in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare
by Leonard Horowitz
(Hardcover)
Dirty
War, Clean Hands : ETA, The Gal and Spanish Democracy
by Paddy Woodworth
(Hardcover)
Bel
Canto
by Ann Patchett
(Hardcover)
Toxic
Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemcial and Biological Weapons
by Jonathan B. Tucker (Editor)
(Hardcover)
Unspeakable
Truths : Confronting State Terror and Atrocity
by Priscilla B. Hayner
(Hardcover)
The
Black Book of Communism : Crimes, Terror, Repression
by Stephane Courtois, et al
(Hardcover)
Underground
by Haruki Murakami, et al
The lethal gas sarin was distributed into the Tokyo underground railway
by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1995, killing and injuring many
Japanese travellers. This is the account of that episode by acclaimed Japanese
author Murakami. Dropbears.com
Paperback - 366 pages (April 10, )
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0375725806
Telex
: Iran : In the Name of Revolution
by Gilles Peress (Photographer)
(Hardcover)
The
Great Terror : A Reassessment
by Robert Conquest
(Paperback - October 1991)
The
Big U
by Neal Stephenson
(Paperback)
Final
Target
by Iris Johansen
(Hardcover)
Bombs,
Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs : Intelligence and America's Quest for Security
by Loch K. Johnson
(Hardcover)
One
Day in September : The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
and the Israeli Revenge Operation, Wrath of God
by Simon Reeve
(Hardcover)
Black
Sunday
by Thomas Harris
(Hardcover)
Combat
Terrorism: Foreign and Domestic; Steps and Procedures to Protect Yourself,
Your Family, and Your Employees Against the Next Wave
by Lenzy Kelley
(Paperback)
Six
Nightmares: Real Threats in a Dangerous World and How America Can Meet
Them
by Anthony Lake
(Hardcover)
Real
Terror Network : Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda
by Edward S. Herman
(Paperback)
The
New Face of Terrorism : Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction
by Nadine Gurr, Benjamin Cole
(Paperback)
Silent Death : The Threat of Chemical and Biological Terrorism
by Kathlyn Gay
Listed under Chemical Warfare
Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy
by Stephen Jones, Peter Israel (Contributor)
Listed under Oklahoma
City Bombing
Pan Am 103 : The Lockerbie Cover-Up
by William C. Chasey
Listed under Aviation
Disasters
Miles to Go Before I Sleep : My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking
of Egyptair Flight 648
by Jackie Nink Pflug
Listed under Aviation
Disasters
The
Shankill Butchers
by Martin Dillon
A chilling, stomach-turning study of Northern Ireland's infamous Shankill
Butchers, a Loyalist gang of murderers who preyed on Belfast's Catholic
population. Kirkus Reviews
Paperback - 288 pages 1 edition (March )
Routledge; ISBN: 0415922313
Jackal
: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal
by John Follain
(Paperback)
Hostage
Rescue Manual : Tactics of the Counter-Terrorist Professionals
by Leroy Thompson
(Paperback)
Tragedy
to Triumph : A Terrorist Attack Survivor Story
by Paul A. Blais, K. J., II Vigue
(Paperback)
Terrorism
: An Introduction (Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series)
by Jonathan R. White
Wadsworth Pub Co
Paperback - 300 pages
2nd edition
Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against Piracy
by Jim Gray, et al
(Paperback)
Listed under Merchant Marine
Preparing
Your Company for Terrorist Attack
by James E. Lukaszewski, Brian R. Hollstein
(Paperback)
Food
and Agricultural Security : Guarding Against Natural Threats and Terrorist
Attacks Affecting Health, National Food Supplies, and Agricultural eco
by Thomas W. Frazier (Editor), Drew C. Richardson (Editor)
(Paperback)
Fear
of Fear: A Survey of Terrorist Operations and Controls in Open Societies
by John B. Wolf
(Paperback - November 1981)
The
True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist (Harvest Book)
by Breyten Breytenbach, Rike Vaughan (Translator)
(Paperback)
Apartheid in South Africa - Highly recommended
The Red Brigades and Left-Wing Terrorism in Italy
Raimondo Catanzaro (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1991
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Books
Biological Terrorism & Weapons of Mass Destruction (Ideas in
Conflict)
by Gary E. McCuen (Editor)
(Hardcover)
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Books
Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Extremism Against Agriculture
by Joseph A. Miller, R. M. Miller (Spiral-bound)
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Books
Triumph of Disorder: Islamic Fundamentalism, the New Face of War
by Morgan Norval
(Hardcover)
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