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Overview
In this innovative and concise work, Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding and fighting the increase in domestic and international terrorism throughout the world. Citing diverse examples from around the globe, Netanyahu 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 Netanyahu 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 provocative book.The Prime Minister of Israel and a noted authority on international terrorists, Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding terrorism. Much more dangerous than domestic terrorists is the spread of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism. Netanyahu explores how democracies can defend themselves against this new threat.
Editorials
Berl Faulbaum
. . . makes a strong case that the west has not prepared itself properly for increased domestic and international terrorism.— Detroit News
Bill Gertz
An excellent primer on the groups, motives and methods of the current terrorist threat.— Washington Times
Peter W. Rodman
Netanyahu has produced a small volume updating the story of international terrorism and his advice on how to defeat it.— Washington Post Book World
Richard Bernstein
Vigorous . . . Mr.Netanyahu's argument, which is soberly and clearly made, cannot be taken lightly.— New York Times
Book Details
Published
September 28, 2004
Publisher
DIANE Publishing Company
Pages
152
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780756790554