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1	The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation more books like this by Sid Jacobson, Ph.D., Ernie Colon add to wishlist This graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Commission's official report on the terrorist attacks puts at every American's fingertips the most defining event of the century. Sid Jacobson's text faithfully captures the report's investigative thoroughness, while Ernie Col, n's stunning artwork powerfully conveys the facts, insights, and urgency of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated more books like this by Gore Vidal add to wishlist In essay-articles on Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing, as well as in new thoughts on 9/11, Vidal expresses his dissenting views on America and its role around the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism more books like this by Douglas Feith add to wishlist Feith details how the Administration launched a global effort to attack and disrupt terrorist networks; how it decided to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime by force; how it came to impose an occupation on Iraq even though it had avoided one in Afghanistan; how some officials postponed or impeded important early steps that could have averted ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Philip Bobbitt add to wishlist The wars against terror have begun, but it will take some time before the nature and composition of these wars is widely understood. The objective of these wars is not the conquest of territory, or the silencing of any particular ideology, but rather to secure the necessary environment for states to operate according to principles of consent and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters more books like this by Richard A Clarke add to wishlist Richard Clarke's statement to the 9-11 families that "Your government failed you - and I failed you" was the most dramatic moment in the 9-11 Commission hearings. His number 1 bestseller "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" explained how the US had stumbled into a struggle with violent Islamist extremists. Now in "Your Government ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions more books like this by David Ray Griffin add to wishlist This critique of the Kean-Zelikow report makes clear that the US's highest leaders have told tales that wear extremely thin when held up to the light of eyewitness reports, research, and the dictates of common sense - and the Commission charged with investigating the facts surrounding 9/11 obscured, rather than unearthed, the truth. see all copies from $3.35! new only from $8.35! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America more books like this by Michael Scheuer add to wishlist This seminal work on modern terrorism assesses the changes and continuities in Osama bin Laden's thinking since 2002. In order to win the war against terrorism, argues Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, we must first stop dismissing militant Muslims as "extremists" or "religious fanatics." Formulating a successful military ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11 more books like this by Amy B Zegart add to wishlist In this pathbreaking book, Amy Zegart provides the first scholarly examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. Until now, those failures have been attributed largely to individual mistakes. But Zegart shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable. Zegart argues that after the Cold War ended, the CIA ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.70! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them more books like this by John Mueller add to wishlist Mueller presents a challenging view of the next great political debate--that there is no serious domestic al Qaeda threat, that the United States has wildly overreacted in the War on Terror, and certain politicians and others have been utterly irresponsible and manipulative to suggest otherwise. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism more books like this by Haynes Bonner Johnson add to wishlist Washington political reporter Haynes Johnson reviews the history of the McCarthy period, looking for lessons for our time. Providing an in-depth account of the early-1950s Cold War political climate, when the politics of fear swept the nation, Johnson focuses not just on Senator McCarthy himself, but on the forces on both sides. He examines those ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	On the Hunt: How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror more books like this by David Hunt add to wishlist The "New York Times" bestselling author of "They Just Don't Get It" exposes the errors our leaders continue to make in the war on terror, suggesting specific ways we can win the war, defeat the enemy, and still protect our liberty at home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.38! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand Strategy more books like this by Audrey Kurth Cronin (Editor), James M Ludes (Editor) add to wishlist The definition and understanding of "terrorism" is in a state of unprecedented evolution. No longer are acts of terrorism rare and far-flung. Following the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. citizens have had their eyes opened to a new world where this nightmare stalks the daily news and is never far from ... see all copies from $13.87! new only from $19.72! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror more books like this by Stephen Holmes add to wishlist The Matador's Cape delves into the causes of the catastrophic turn in American policy at home and abroad since 9/11. In a collection of searing essays, the author explores Washington's inability to bring 'the enemy' into focus, detailing the ideological, bureaucratic, electoral and (not least) emotional forces that severely distorted the American ... see all copies from $3.05! new only from $3.39! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Beyond Al-Qaeda, Part 1: The Global Jihadist Movement more books like this by Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin add to wishlist This title examines al-Qaeda's evolution and the emergence of the broader global jihadist movement - groups affiliated, associated, or inspired by al-Qaeda - and the threat that they pose to the United States and U.S. allies and interests. The authors conclude by setting out a four-pronged strategy to counter the jihadist threat. see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14! \| SVS
15 view cover	Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror more books like this by Richard Miniter add to wishlist Despite the rhetoric of election-year Democrats, America is silently and deliberately taking down al Qaeda cell by cell. But the media isn't reporting on this covert war-nor the near-misses we have experienced since 9/11. New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter Richard Miniter (Losing Bin Laden) taps his exclusive sources and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Intelligence for an Age of Terror more books like this by Gregory F Treverton add to wishlist During the Cold War, U.S. intelligence was concerned primarily with states; terrorism was secondary. Now the priorities are reversed. And the challenge is enormous. States had an address, and they were hierarchical and bureaucratic. They thus put pressure on intelligence at home, not just abroad. They also force intelligence and law enforcement - ... see all copies from $19.90! new only from $19.90! \| SVS
17 view cover	The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States more books like this by Thomas H Kean, Lee H Hamilton, The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United add to wishlist This edition of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States includes analysis by the staff of the New York Times. The commission was created to look into the events of September 11, 2001--and to examine this nation's preparedness and response. Here are the findings of what happened and what should be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	They Just Don't Get It: How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety--And What You Can Do about It more books like this by David Hunt add to wishlist In THEY JUST DON"T GET IT, retired Colonel David Hunt speaks plainly and forthrightly about the War on Terror, which in his view needs shaping up. "Understanding the nature of the threat--really getting it--is the first thing we have to do." Hunt provides a history of terror attacks, beginning with the 1972 attack on the Olympic Village in Munich ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism more books like this by Charles Pena add to wishlist According to President Bush, "the American people are safer" as a result of invading Iraq. But al Qaeda remains at large and the White House has conceded that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the attacks. This book argues that the war in Iraq is but one misstep in Bush's "global war on terror." Terrorism is simply a tactic, however, not an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	On Nuclear Terrorism more books like this by Michael A Levi add to wishlist Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be faced with in pursuing a nuclear plot. Along the way, Levi identifies the many obstacles, large and ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $13.34! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror more books like this by David Cole, Jules Lobel add to wishlist A cogent critique of the new "preventive paradigm" in counterterrorism policy by two of the nation's leading legal scholars. ""If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long.""--President George W. Bush, defending the National Security Strategy doctrine "preemptive war," Commencement Speech at West Point, June 1, 2002 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Countering Terrorism: Dimensions of Preparedness more books like this by Robyn L Pangi (Editor), Arnold M Howitt (Editor) add to wishlist The US now knows that it is vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In this volume, experts from such disparate fields as medicine, law, public policy and international security discuss institutional changes the country must make to protect against future attacks. In these essays, they argue that terrorism preparedness is not just a federal concern, but ... see all copies from $2.52! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	Worst-Case Scenarios more books like this by Cass R Sunstein add to wishlist Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction?Cass Sunstein explores these and other worst-case ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
24	Beating international terrorism : an action strategy for preemption and punishment more books like this by Stephen Sloan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| first editions
25 view cover	Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America more books like this by Anonymous add to wishlist Reveals why America was so profoundly unprepared for the murderous attacks of September 11 and how we can prevent similar events from happening again see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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