Burns, Vincent

Terrorism: a documentary and reference guide/ Vincent Burns and Kate Dempsey Peterson ; foreword by James K. Kallstrom. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005. - xxxvii, 293 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definitions of terrorism : past and present -- American versus American -- Middle Eastern terrorism and the United States, 1970s-1980s -- Radical Islam -- Al Queda : the gathering storm -- September 11 : the plot unfolds -- September 11 postmortem I : the government admits its intelligence failures -- September 11 postmortem II : a changed society -- Conclusion : the war on terrorism goes on (and on).

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Terrorism--History.--United States
Terrorism--History.--Middle East

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