CIAO DATE: 01/03

Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy for a Democratic Society

Philip B. Heymann

MIT Press

August 2000

 

Abstract

The bombings of the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and the Oklahoma City federal building have shown that terrorist attacks can happen anywhere in the United States. In this book Philip Heymann argues that the United States and other democracies can fight terrorism while preserving liberty and maintaining a healthy, unified society. Drawing on his experience in the U.S. Departments of State and Justice, he shows how domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering can thwart terrorism, how the United States must cooperate and share information with its allies, and how terrorism can be prevented in many cases. Heymann has written a new introduction for the paperback edition.

 

Table of Contents

Front Matter and Acknowledgments (PDF format, 3 pgs, 144 kbs)

Preface (PDF format, 24 pgs, 112 kbs)

1. An Introduction to Terrorism (PDF format, 18 pgs, 60 kbs)

2. The Special Problems Presented by International Terrorism

3. Hostages and Other Negotiations

4. International Cooperation in Preventing and Punishing Terrorism

5. State-Sponsored Terrorism and Retaliation

6. Prevention of Terrorism: An Overview

7. Using the Criminal Justice System to Catch and Punish

8. Domestic Intelligence-Gathering and Processing in the United States

9. A Strategy of Common Sense

Notes

Index