One family's response to terrorism
Subtitle: a daughter's memoir
By: Susan Kerr van de Ven ; foreword by Saad Eddin Ibrahim.
Series: Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780815608738
Subjects: Kerr, Malcolm H; Van de Ven, Susan Kerr; American University of Beirut -- Presidents -- Biography; Victims of terrorism -- Lebanon -- Biography; Terrorism -- Lebanon -- Case studies; College presidents -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- Biography; Americans -- Middle East -- Biography; Arab-Israeli conflict; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Genres: Biography; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations; title: Foreword / Saad Eddin Ibrahim; title: Acknowledgments; title: Prologue; title: Breaking apart; title: First reactions; title: The antiterrorism and effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; title: The decision to take legal action; title: Knock, and the door shall be opened; title: Words remembered; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.