books about: counterterrorism

books about: counterterrorism

books:

Counterterrorism

Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq

Michael Scheuer

Free Press, 2008

Many points should be no-brainers, criticizes about everyone
This is a wise, irritating, condemnatory, even funny book written by someone who knows his stuff and has a fine sense of the bizarre, and ignorant, and even humor! Apparently his main point is that shallow willful ignorance, a gloating sense of cultural superiority, in ...

The Third Option

Vince Flynn

Atria, 2000

Powerful
The Third Option is Flynn's third spy thriller. Each one seem a little better then the previous. Nuff said, simply the best.

Counterterrorism Strategies for Corporations: The Ackerman Principles
Mike Ackerman

Prometheus Books, 2008

When America's corporate leaders need reliable information and expertise about dealing with threats to personnel both here and abroad, they turn to Mike Ackerman, who for more than thirty years has helped the business community deal with everything from random street crime to global jihad. Widely acknowledged as one of America's leading ...

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations ...

Brigadier General USA (Ret), Russell D. Howard, Major USA, Reid L. Sawyer, ...

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2008

A textbook - essential for understanding current affairs
This volume of essays was written and compiled as a college textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate level seminars on terrorism and counterterrorism. These essays were written on both sides of the 9/11 divide, as such some of them predicted the occurrence ...

Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam

Mark Moyar

Bison Books, 2007

A critical text on the Phoenix Project
I'm extremely glad to see that this important book has finally been republished and become available to a wider audience. I wrote my thesis in history on Phoenix, and Moyar's work was an invaluable resource, once I was finally able to get my hands on it. It is sadly ...

The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Algeria 1955-1957

General Paul Aussaresses

Enigma Books, 2004

A must read for students of counterinsurgency.
I believe many of those who wrote reviews of this book are writing from their hearts as opposed to cooly assessing this excellent work. Afterall, it is hard for one to embrace the author's premise that physical torture and summary executions were the only way to ...

Transfer Of Power (Mitch Rapp Novels)

Vince Flynn

Pocket Books, 1999

GREAT READ
This is a real stay up late can't put down book. Don't miss it and don't think it can't happen here.

Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism ...

Aaron Cohen, Douglas Century

Ecco, 2008

a good read
I found this book to be very interesting. It takes you thru the life of an individual who leaves CA to return to Israel to become a special operator. It was interesting to read of the differences between American and Israeli training methods. Easy to read, well ...

Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

Fred Burton

Random House, 2008

True American Heroes
Very much enjoyed reading this book, no it is not like a Robert Ludlum or John LeCarre novel. It is a true testament to the real American Heroes who tread into dark and dangerous places and situations that most of us would fear to go. What stands out here is the ...

Funding Evil, Updated: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It

Rachel Ehrenfeld

Bonus Books, 2005

City Magazine piece that discusses this book
An article entitled, "A SLAAP Against Freedom" in the current (Autumn 2007) issue of City Journal talks about the nonsense this book's author went through regarding this book in the goofy U.K. legal system. Evidently, freedom of speech is NOT a right guaranteed in the ...

Terrorism and Counterterrorism (2nd Edition) (Penguin Academics)
Brigitte L Nacos

Longman, 2007

Focusing on the phenomenon of terrorism in the post-Cold War and post-9/11 era, Terrorism and Counterterrorism looks at this form of political violence in an international and American context and in light of new and historical trends. Broadly addressing the question ?What is terrorism?,? Brigitte Nacos, a renowned expert in the field, clearly ...

The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, Third Edition (Practical Aspects of ...
Jr., Frank Bolz, Kenneth J. Dudonis, ...

CRC, 2005

On September 11, 2001, the world was put on notice: terrorism can strike anytime?anywhere?anyone. You are told to go about your daily life - but to be vigilant of your surroundings. You are told that trying to do a cursory profile on potential terrorists is futile because their commonality goes deeper than the surface. With this in mind, what do ...

Brotherhood of Warriors LP: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite ...

Aaron Cohen, Douglas Century

HarperLuxe, 2008

Enthusiastically recommend...
...Mr Cohen's book. Devoured the book in two days. Fascinating perspective on Israel's military, particularly the training behind their elite forces. As an American, I was especially enlightened by Mr Cohen's analysis of our shortsightedness in combatting terrorism ...

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)
Seumas Miller

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Undoubtedly, the events of September 11, 2001 served as a wake-up call to the scourge of global terrorism facing twenty-first century societies. But was the attack on the World Trade Center a crime or an act of war? Is seemingly indiscriminate violence inflicted on civilians ever morally justified? And should society's response always be in ...

Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism

Tim Naftali

Basic Books, 2006

Counterterrorism Prior to 911
I found Blind Spot to be a refreshing look at terrorism prior to when it became a sexy topic. Blind Spot is a highly informative tome on what was happening in this country in terms of terrorism pre 911. It takes you from the early days in August 1969 when ...