description: While the United States is the most free and open society in the world, its liberty can become a double-edged sword when it is used as a tool against Americans. This is what the terrorist group al Qaeda did when it launched its devastating attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. America has been spared from additional terrorist atrocities during the ensuing five-plus years. But what if that were to change?What impact will the next terrorist attack have on American liberties and freedom? And the next? What if the United States were to be hit by a sustained terrorist assault on its major cities and infrastructure? Could the Constitution survive?The Mean Season examines these and other questions as Jon Dougherty details current terrorist scenarios and the government's planned responses to them. Americans want to know if the Constitution -- the very lifeblood of the nation's way of life -- is safe from the effects of terrorism.The answer will surprise government critics and supporters alike.Americans should know how freedoms and liberties currently taken for granted can vanish overnight, regardless of which political party is in power. They should know how the process would work, who would make the decision, how long the situation would last, and what must be done to ensure that the Constitution survives.
language: English
title: The Mean Season: Terrorism and the Future of America
titlecomplete: The Mean Season: Terrorism and the Future of America
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Cumberland House Publishing