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  Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror

  by Michael Scheuer

  Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Further, until U.S. leaders recognize the errant path they have irresponsibly chosen, he says, our enemies will only grow stronger. According to the author, the greatest danger for Americans... (more)
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  Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror

  by Richard A. Clarke

  THE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9/11 Commission Report From the 9/11 Commission Report: "On the day of the meeting <September 4, 2001>, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The 'real question' before the principals,... (more)
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  Breakpoint

  by Richard A. Clarke

  Against All Enemies warned about how we were conducting the war against terror. The Scorpion's Gate demonstrated what could happen. And now America's preeminent counterterrorism expert and #1 bestselling author shows us all . . .hat might come next. The global village-an intricately intertwined network of technology that binds together the world's economies, governments, and communication systems. So... (more)
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  Rainbow Six (Tom Clancy)

  by Tom Clancy

  Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark is the newly named head of Rainbow, an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism. In a trial by fire, he must stop a terrorist group of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on earth as we know it.
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  Countering the New Terrorism

  by Ian O. Lesser

  The contours of terrorism are changing, and the new terrorism has more diverse sources, motivations, and tactics than the old. It is more lethal, global in reach, and characterized by network forms of organization. Terrorist sponsorship is becoming hazier and "privatized." The August 1998 terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania fit in many ways the new mold. The chapters in this book trace the... (more)
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  America's "War on Terrorism"

  by Michel Chossudovsky

  In this new and expanded edition of Michel Chossudovsky's 2002 best seller, the author blows away the smokescreen put up by the mainstream media, that 9/11 was an attack on America by "Islamic terrorists". The expanded edition, which includes twelve new chapters focuses on the use of 9/11 as a pretext for the invasion and illegal occupation of Iraq, the militarisation of justice and law enforcement and the... (more)
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  Aptitude for Destruction, Vol 1: Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and its Implications for combating Terrorism

  by Brian A. Jackson

  Understanding how terroirst groups learn may aid in developing strategies to combat terrorist activites.
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  Countering Suicide Terrorism: An International Conference

  by Boaz Ganzor

  Over the past few decades, a number of nations have been forced to contend with the phenomenon of suicide terrorism. Such diverse countries as Turkey, Sri Lanka, Israel and the United States have all been targeted by terrorists who effectively used suicide terrorism against densely populated civilian and military targets.
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  Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters

  by Richard A. Clarke

  Richard Clarke's dramatic statement to the grieving families during the 9/11 Commission hearings touched a raw nerve across America. Not only had our government failed to prevent the 2001 terrorist attacks, but it has proven itself, time and again, incapable of handling the majority of our most crucial national security issues, from Iraq to Katrina and beyond. This is not just a temporary failure of our current... (more)
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  Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves

  by Michael A. Sheehan

  C rush the Cell demolishes, with simple logic, the edifice of false “terror punditry” that has been laid, brick by brick, since 9/11. A veteran of special ops, international diplomacy, and bruising clasheswith federal lawenforcement agencies, Michael Sheehan delivers in this book a two-part message: First, thatwe’vewasted—and are continuing towaste—billions of dollars on thewrong protectivemeasures, and second,... (more)
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  The Child Finder Trilogy

  Child Finder

  by Mike Angley

  Child Finder Inspired by Real Life Experiences... Follow the Paranormal Adventures of an Air Force Special Agent as the Government Exploits His Psychic Abilities to Rescue Abducted Children Major Patrick O Donnell, an Air Force Special Agent assigned to the Pentagon, begins experiencing haunting nightmares about children who have been abducted and murdered before their bodies are found. It quickly becomes... (more)
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  Terrorism Versus Democracy (Cass Series on Political Violence, 9)

  by Paul Wilkinson

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  The counterterrorism handbook : tactics, procedures, and techniques

  by Frank Bolz

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  The Child Finder Trilogy

  Child Finder Resurrection

  by Mike Angley

  It has been a year and a half since Air Force Special Agent Patrick O’Donnell left the secret child rescue program after it went horribly off-track, resulting in murder and endangering his own family. And just when he thinks he’s comfortably put this painful past behind him, he receives a call from his mentor. The murky, shadowy Top Secret community where he once was center-stage has been revised, revamped,... (more)