Anti-American Terrorism: From Eisenhower to Trump - A Chronicle of the Threat and Response. Dennis A Pluchinsky

• Тип: Текст
• Автор: Dennis A Pluchinsky
• Издательство: Ingram(2020)
• ISBN: 9781786347930
• Язык: Английский

• Жанры: Логистика, Социальная психология, Военное дело

Volume I examined the policies and actions in the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations that contributed to the creation of anti-American grievances which in turn fueled the rise of anti-American terrorism overseas and domestically during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. Volume II chronicles the high-water mark of anti-American terrorism overseas that occurred during the Reagan administration. The litany of terrorist attacks on US targets overseas during this period is well known and unmatched in American history: 1983 suicide attack on US Embassy Beirut, 1983 suicide attack on US Marine Barracks Beirut, 1983 suicide attack on US Embassy Kuwait, 1984 suicide attack on US Embassy Beirut, 1985 assault on the TWA counter at Rome airport, 1985 hijacking of TWA 847, 1986 mid-air bombing of TWA 840, 1988 mid-air bombing of Pan Am 103, and the 1982–1988 kidnappings of 18 Americans in Lebanon. This wave of anti-American terrorist attacks demanded an appropriate response. The Reagan administration proceeded to construct the most ambitious and costly counter-terrorism program in the pre-9/11 era. Although the terrorist threat was perceived to be in decline during the George H W Bush administration, it still had to deal with the potential terrorist threat emanating from the first Gulf War in 1990–1991, two assassination attempts on the president, and the ramifications of the Pan Am 103 bombing.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li>Dedication</li><li>About the Author</li><li>Acknowledgments</li><li>Volume II — Acronyms</li><li>Terms of Reference</li><li>Introduction to Volume II</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Record — The Overseas Threat — Part I</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Record — The Overseas Threat — Part II</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Record — The Overseas Threat — Part III</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Record — The Internal Threat — Part I</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Record — The Internal Threat — Part II</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Response — Part I</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Response — Part II</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Response — Part III</li><li>The Reagan Administration (1981–1988): The Response — Part IV</li><li>The George H W Bush Administration (1989–1992): The Record</li><li>The George H W Bush Administration (1989–1992): The Response</li><li>Summation and Prognosis</li><li><b><i>Appendices:</i></b><ul><li>Statistical Snapshots: Number of International Terrorist Incidents, Anti-American Terrorist Incidents Overseas, Domestic Terrorist Incidents, Americans Killed in Overseas Terrorist Attacks, and Fatalities in Domestic Terrorist Attacks During the Reagan and Bush Administrations</li><li>Statistical Snapshots: Regional Breakdown of International and Anti-American Terrorist Incidents — Top Two Regions Only</li><li>Lethal Terrorist Attacks Against Americans Overseas from 1981 to 1992</li><li>Lethal Terrorist Attacks in the United States from the Reagan to George H W Bush Administrations — 1981–1992</li><li>List of Americans Killed in the 1983 Vehicular Suicide Attack on the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon by Syria, Iran, and Lebanese Hezbollah; and the 1988 Mid-air Bombing of Pan Am 103 by Intelligence Agents of the Libyan Government</li></ul></li><li>Index</li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> People working in Law Enforcement, Intelligence, Policy fields; general public interested in history and terrorism. Terrorism;Counterterrorism;Anti-American Terrorism;Eisenhower Administration;Kennedy Administration;Johnson Administration;Nixon Administration;Ford Administration;Reagan Administration;George H W Bush Administration;Clinton Administration;George W Bush Administration;Obama Administration;Trump Administration;European Terrorism;Latin American Terrorism;Middle Eastern Terrorism;Palestinian Terrorism;State-sponsored Terrorism;Iranian Terrorism;Muammar Khadafi;Islamic Terrorism;Left-Wing Terrorism;Right-Wing Terrorism;Ethno-National Terrorism;Al-Qaeda;Islamic State in Iraq and Syria;Isis;Lone Wolf Terrorism Global Jihadists;Global Jihad Movement;Hezbollah;Ayatollah Khomeini0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>The only published work to examine the terrorist threat in the US and against US interests overseas in the post-world war II period</li> <li>It is be a singular reference work on anti-American terrorism</li></ul>