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Suicide Terror: Understanding and Confronting the Threat
ISBN: 978-0-470-08729-9
June 2009
432 pages
FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS AND ANALYSES FROM FRONTLINE PERSONNEL AND EXPERTS IN THE WAR AGAINST TERROR
Based on U.S. and Israeli experiences and detailed interviews with frontline personnel, Suicide Terror enables policymakers, first responders, and students of homeland security to understand and deal with the growing threat of suicide terror. It analyzes recent suicide attacks as well as our current vulnerabilities and high-risk scenarios for future attacks. Following the expert authors' advice, readers learn possible measures to prevent an attack. Moreover, they learn how to prepare for and implement an effective and quick response to minimize casualties and losses in the event of an attack.
Following an overview and historical review of suicide terror, the book covers:
Using eyewitness accounts, the text re-creates the look and feel of actual terrorism incidents. Detailed case studies help readers get into the minds of suicide terrorists in order to understand how to best prevent and confront these very dangerous threats.
This book is a definitive study of suicide terror, synthesizing the experience of well-known Israeli and American experts who have dealt with it firsthand. Anyone responsible for understanding, preventing, and confronting this devastating threat should read this book and consider its recommendations with all seriousness.
Examines the US and Israeli experience dealing with the weapon of suicide terror
Provides the policy maker, first responder, and student of homeland security with a thorough understanding of suicide terrorism
Includes detailed case studies to help readers get into the minds of suicide terrorists in order to understand how to best prevent and confront these very dangerous threats
Has extensive interviews with US and Israeli personnel, allowing the text to speak in the language of those responsible for understanding, reventing, and confronting terrorism
Covers both the history of suicide terrorism to help readers understand and prepare for responding
Describes methods for confronting, anticipating, and preventing an attack in addition to detailed coverage of emergency response and management measures in the event of an attack
Uses eyewitness accounts to re-create the look and feel of actual terrorism incidents