Blind Spot: The Secret History of American CounterterrorismBasic Books, 24 апр. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 432 In this revelatory new account, national security historian Timothy Naftali relates the full back story of America's attempts to fight terrorism. On September 11, 2001, a long history of failures, missteps, and blind spots in our intelligence services came to a head, with tragic results. At the end of World War II, the OSS's "X-2" department had established a seamless system for countering the threats of die-hard Nazi terrorists. But those capabilities were soon forgotten, and it wasn't't until 1968, when Palestinian groups began a series of highly publicized airplane hijackings, that the U.S. began to take counterterrorism seriously. Naftali narrates the game of "catch-up" that various administrations and the CIA played -- with varying degrees of success -- from the Munich Games hostage-taking to the raft of terrorist incidents in the mid-1980s through the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, and up to 9/11.In riveting detail, Naftali shows why holes in U.S. homeland security discovered by Vice President George H. W. Bush in 1986 were still a problem when his son became President, and why George W. Bush did little to fix them until it was too late. Naftali concludes that open, liberal democracies like the U.S. are incapable of effectively stopping terrorism. For anyone concerned about the future of America's security, this masterful history will be necessary -- and eye-opening -- reading. |
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... defensive measures at borders, ports, and airports designed to detect or thwart terrorists. Success in the struggle against terrorism, it will be shown, requires that we be effective on defense as well as offense. A stroke of luck ...
... defensive measures at borders, ports, and airports designed to detect or thwart terrorists. Success in the struggle against terrorism, it will be shown, requires that we be effective on defense as well as offense. A stroke of luck ...
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... defense Robert McNamara.37 The Kennedy administration indeed used it, but as a synonym for insurgent or guerrilla. There were no international terrorist organizations to worry about and no regional insurgents who would have the will or ...
... defense Robert McNamara.37 The Kennedy administration indeed used it, but as a synonym for insurgent or guerrilla. There were no international terrorist organizations to worry about and no regional insurgents who would have the will or ...
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... Defense, Justice, and Transportation, decided it was time that the United States ratified the ICAO convention on hijacking (known as the Tokyo convention) and drafted a presidential message for approval and submission to the Senate.14 ...
... Defense, Justice, and Transportation, decided it was time that the United States ratified the ICAO convention on hijacking (known as the Tokyo convention) and drafted a presidential message for approval and submission to the Senate.14 ...
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... Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) trained special counterinsurgency battalions in each state's army and rural police units. The United States understood that these insurgent groups had state sponsors. In ...
... Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) trained special counterinsurgency battalions in each state's army and rural police units. The United States understood that these insurgent groups had state sponsors. In ...
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... defensive posture.”24 U.S. involvement in Guatemalan counterinsurgency appears to have led to a decision by the FAR to target Americans.25 In January 1968, the FAR killed the commander of the U.S. military group, Colonel John Webber ...
... defensive posture.”24 U.S. involvement in Guatemalan counterinsurgency appears to have led to a decision by the FAR to target Americans.25 In January 1968, the FAR killed the commander of the U.S. military group, Colonel John Webber ...
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The Lessons of Munich 1972 | 55 |
Theres Very Little We Can Do | 78 |
The Lull Before the Storm | 99 |
False Start | 116 |
Striking Back | 150 |
The Silent Struggle | 202 |
Afterword | 328 |
Notes | 336 |
19 | 337 |
54 | 339 |
78 | 343 |
99 | 344 |
116 | 368 |
150 | 370 |
The New Terrorism | 227 |
Clinton Versus bin Laden | 260 |
George W Bush and bin Laden | 286 |
Blind Spots and 911 | 313 |
227 | 384 |
311 | 385 |
335 | 389 |
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Стр. 147 - yes," then we must win. If the answer is "no," then we should not be in combat. (5) FIFTH, before the US commits combat forces abroad there must be some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress...
Стр. 121 - Haig at his first press conference adopted a hard line in announcing that "[international terrorism will take the place of human rights in our concern because it is the ultimate abuse of human rights.
Стр. 260 - The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies — civilians and military — .is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it...
Стр. 116 - Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have.
Стр. 165 - Most of the terrorists who are kidnapping and murdering American citizens and attacking American installations," Reagan said, "are being trained, financed, and directly or indirectly controlled by a core group of radical and totalitarian governments, a new international version of Murder, Inc.
Стр. 125 - Testimony will be presented this morning by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and later by other officials directly concerned with each part of the program.
Стр. 121 - Let terrorists be aware that when the rules of international behavior are violated, our policy will be one of swift and effective retribution.
Стр. 287 - As we noted in our briefings for you, al Qida is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy. Rather, several of our regional policies need to address centrally the transnational challenge to the US and our interests posed by the al Qida network.
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