Terrorizing ourselves
Subtitle: why U.S. counterterrorism policy is failing and how to fix it
By: edited by Benjamin H. Friedman, Jim Harper, and Christopher A. Preble.
Contributors: Friedman, Benjamin H.; Harper, Jim, 1967-; Preble, Christopher A.
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781935308300
Subjects: Terrorism -- United States; Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; National security -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defeating Al Qaeda / by Audrey Kurth Cronin; title: Terrorism as a product of choices and perceptions / by James J. F. Forest; title: Are there "root causes" for terrorist support? : revisiting the debate on poverty, education, and terrorism / by Mia Bloom; title: Don't you know there's a war on? : assessing the military's role in counterterrorism / by Paul R. Pillar and Christopher A. Preble; title: Assessing counterterrorism, homeland security, and risk / by James A. Lewis; title: Assessing measures designed to protect the homeland / by John Mueller; title: The economics of homeland security / by Veronique de Rugy; title: The atomic terrorist? / by John Mueller; title: Assessing the threat of bioterrorism / by Milton Leitenberg; title: Managing fear : the politics of homeland security / by Benjamin H. Friedman; title: The impact of fear on public thinking about counterterrorism policy : implications for communicators / by Priscilla Lewis; title: Communicating about threat : toward a resilient response to terrorism / by William Burns.