By Uriel Rosenthal, Erwin R. MullerFrom the publisher:
The United States and other countries throughout the world have suffered from catastrophic terrorism causing mass casualties. Elsewhere, terrorists have taken the lives of prominent people in ostentatiously cruel ways. In Iraq, bloody terrorist attacks are an endemic phenomenon. They have become part of daily life. There is no reason to expect a reduction of the new terrorism in the foreseeable future. On the contrary, there will be new waves of terrorism, including attacks with unconventional means.
The globalization of the new terrorism is reflected not only in the mobility of terrorists but especially in the worldwide distribution of ideas and methods practiced by terrorist networks. The world is facing the threat of a shift from terrorism to terror - towards a society intimidated by a continuous threat of arbitrary, massive violence.
This book addresses the shift in many parts of the world from terrorism to an atmosphere of terror. It stresses the lack of symmetry between democratic governments which have to obey the role of law and international conventions, and terrorists cherishing a total denial of rules and norms.
The authors formulate five missions for democratic governments: do not deny the most serious threat; make life as difficult as possible for terrorists; upgrade the quality of acute crisis management in the case of a terrorist attack; improve the quality of consequences management after terrorist attacks; and increase the effort to channel collective stress in the aftermath of a terrorist assault.
The authors claim that the fight against terrorism is first and foremost a responsibility of democratic states. Throughout its existence, the United Nations has been unable to give shape and substance to an effective counterterrorism strategy. An alliance of democratic states would be in a much better position to take on the legitimate fight against international terrorism.
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