Publication

1995 - Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,750 words, Guess

Page Count

151 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95004849
  • Goodreads298053
  • LibraryThing21941

Classifications

  • DDC363.3/2
  • LCCHV6431 .N48 1995

Description

In this book, the author offers an approach to understanding and fighting the increase in domestic and international terrorism throughout the world. Citing diverse examples from around the globe, he demonstrates that domestic terrorist groups are usually no match for an advanced technological society which can successfully roll back terror without any significant curtailment of civil liberties. But he sees an even more potent threat from the new international terrorism which is increasingly the product of Islamic militants, who draw their inspiration and directives from Iran and its growing cadre of satellite states. The spread of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism, coupled with the possibility that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons, poses a more frightening threat from an adversary less rational and therefore less controllable than was Soviet Communism. How democracies can defend themselves against this new threat concludes this book.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International TerroristsFarrar Straus Giroux1995-01-01

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