Terrorism Book Reviews Samples For Students

In his description of himself, Baer acknowledges that he wasn’t born a patriot whose intention was to work for the CIA. He describes himself as a struggling student who had personal agendas (Baer, 2002). The book gives several accounts of what Baer describes as frustrations and mistakes he made while posted in Lebanon and India. The book also discusses the failings of the CIA. Baer gives the reasons for a failing CIA as: replacement of human intelligence with computer and satellite technology; a risk aversion approach by the agency that promoted bureaucratic practices and undermined intelligence gathering; and the prioritization of interests ...

Book Report on “No Easy Day” by Mark Owen

This bestselling book is an autobiography of a United States Navy Seal who was involved in one of the major events in the fight against terrorism. The book is based on the super orchestrated mission that led to the killing of the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden in 2011. The book therefore gives us insightful information on what happened on the period that Laden was killed by the United States Navy Seals. Osama bin Laden was executed after a raid in his house in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In this book, the first chapters reveal that Owen is very passionate ...

According to Ramsbotham, Woodhouse, and Mial there are four methods that can be used in the prevention of terrorism. These are prevention, persuasion, denial, and coordination. Prevention involves eliminating and reducing issues that lead to terrorism such as global inequalities, poverty, and lack of equal opportunity. Secondly, persuasion involves reducing the motivation towards terrorism and recruitment. Encouraging terrorists to take up other methods to deal with issues that they may have can achieve this objective. Third is denial, which involves denying individuals engaging in terrorism access to finances, weapons and other factors that encourage terrorism. This also takes into ...

The September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attack in the United States of America has brought this common and urgent query if the country is safe to all the citizens who live in for a better living. Asking this question is wrong; America is still a safe place to everyone. It is safer since the government has a massive increased in homeland security and the expenditures are high. The best and correct query is that, if the expenditures in the security have its worth. Howard Kunreuther, analyst, raised the central question after the 9/11 terrorist attack that how much do the government is ...

Just to begin with, it is prudent to note that twelve years later from the time Bin laden attacked the United States of America; most people still wonder how such attack could have happened in the most powerful soil of America. Some individuals also still ask themselves whether the terrorist attack could have been preventable. However, as per now, many people have full information about the errors that the Americans did which made the attack possible. The book Provides new light to the historical decisions which has profound effects on the current events. This paper therefore shall provide a critical ...

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The goal of this chapter is to try and understand how a terrorist mind functions, what motivates it and how can we recognize and accept the danger to society that terrorist groups and individuals posses. “Although terrorism is not a new phenomenon, terrorism today offers a much greater threat of violence to the world than ever before” (Bartol, C. R., &Bartol, A. M, 2011, p.329). There have been a lot of attempts after the September 11, 2001. to explain and get into the core of terrorist organizations and a lot of interpretations have been written about terrorism as a modern way of fighting. At first, ...

Introduction

This report scrutinizes international terrorist threats, events, responses and policies, as well as analyzing the worldwide use of apparatus available to fight terrorism, from international cooperation, international relations, covert action, constructive dedication, economic sanctions, military force, to objective security improvement. A contemporary style in terrorism emerges to be toward self- financed insecurely organized, international association of terrorists. Ever more, fundamental Islamist groups who use religion, or as a excuse, pose a grave threat to United States of America interests and to its friendly establishments. But of great unease as well is the growing political involvement of extremist Islamist gathering in foreign ...

Introduction

This is a comprehensive analysis that compares insurgencies and terrorists movements of post Second World War II and in our times. O’Neill begins this book by looking at post world war II insurgencies that have emerged which are related to terrorism and guerilla wars. He analyzes the nature of insurgency, tactics used in these guerilla wars both military and political “these so called small wars, which can be found on all continents, are often very costly and frequently involve major interest of regional and global powers,”¹, and makes us understand both physical and human environment of ...

Introduction

The book is important to the people with an interest in homeland security of the United States of America. It is because of how the book author has developed the theme or the purpose of the book. Unlike many books published many years ago, the book is current having been published in the year 2011. It one of the greatest book in the market concerning the subject of the homeland security. The book TERRORISM HOMELAND SECURITY is the 7th edition of the publications, and it was published in the year 2011 being the latest in that series. It was ...

Abstract

Police department is considered to be evolved throughout the world on the basis of criminals and their modern ideas of the criminal activities. We will try to look at the various aspects of the society and its connection with the police or role of the law enforcement agencies. We will try to lay the foundation of the study on the information gathered from several sources that are subjected to the researched reports and intellectual work done on the book written by Roberg. The police department is considered to be an important governmental institution and it must be organized merely ...

The Terror That Comes In The Night" By David. J. Hufford
Throughout history, human existence has been grounded on a certain pattern of beliefs and traditions that have guided them in their ever-changing environment. Moreover, these sets of beliefs and traditions have compounded to form a formidable culture that has become a point of reference to members of a particular community. However, these beliefs have been limited to what can be explained by the human conscious while ignoring crucial events that make a huge proportion of the human experience.
The book “The terror that comes in the night,” by David Hufford seeks ...

and in the Actions of the Prophet Muhammad
1. Summarize the central themes, theses, issues, or arguments of the reading assignment.

In the chapter Peace and Military Engagement in the Qur’an and in the Actions of

the Prophet Muhammad, Ozalp (2008) explored the Qur’an’s verses that pertained to violence and warfare and provided analyses of what these verses meant. He argued that the Prophet Muhammad “practised a deliberate strategy of peace and diplomacy to deal with the conflicts of his time” (Ozalp, 2008, p. 111), which he supported by discussing the general characteristics of Islam as ...

“If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation conducted the war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and from the way we have failed to make our case to the great moderate mass of peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world, we need to listen to Greg Mortenson.” (David Oliver Relin, “Three Cups of Tea,” p.5) Do we? Why/why not? To what extent can individuals make a difference in international relations?
When Greg Mortenson partook a flight to an unknown destination in the heart of the ...

Introduction

“The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book for general nonfiction by American author Lawrence Wright. The book was published in the year 2006, five years after the disastrous 9/11 attacks of 2001. Amongst all of Wright’s publications, this book has been the most captivating and the quick seller of its time. It provides a historical and a detailed insight into the back ground of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden and his companions. What was the background of these people, how they have spent their childhood and more importantly how ...

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In today’s world, the aviation industry faces the risk of malicious motives and acts. For example, incidents of terrorism can be perpetrated in any country, and at any time. In the wake of the terrorism challenges that bedevil the society, the aviation industry must be steps ahead in terms of safety management. To counteract these challenges, there is need for enhanced capabilities for surveillance and data collection. This will weed out any persons wanted for terrorism-linked charges, and makes airlines safe for travel. In addition, there is need for enhanced scenario planning and uncertainty analysis. ...

The declaration “It must and will not happen again” in reference to war has been repeated over and over again by people from all over the world. Indeed, freedom from war has become an essential component of human well-being. This is in an attempt to stop people from fighting, harming and killing each other, scenes that unfold in various battle grounds around the world.

Sebastian Junger’s documented experiences of the Korengal Valley during the war in Afghanistan perfectly exemplify the adversities of wars. The film, Restrepo directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, explores the life of a US ...

At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA is a memoir written by George Tenet and Bill Harlow. The chronicle focuses on the CIA happenings before and after the September 11 2001 Islamic terrorist attacks. In this memoir, George Tenet gives a real life account of his works as the director of the CIA and a chronological order of how things happened during his term as the chief of the Criminal Intelligence Agency. Tenet was the Director of the Criminal Intelligence Agency of the year 1997 to 2004. He writes a book where he recounts the ...

Confessions of an economic hit man is Perkins’ account of his employment with the consulting firm Maine and how as an economic hit man he was instrumental in convincing less developed countries to take loans that they cannot pay from international financial institutions. His book has thirty five chapters and the summary consists of ten parts with three or more chapters in each part.

Chapter 1-3 –Summary

The first three chapters deal with Perkin’s birth, upbringing and his induction into Main. Perkins joins the Peace Corps because he does not want to join the army and is happy living among the ...

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- Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals. (Chapter 10)
- It was recognized early and has frequently been asserted that in totalitarian countries propaganda and terror present two sides of the same coin (Chapter 11)
- Totalitarian propaganda raised ideological scientificality and its technique of making statements in the form of predictions to a height of efficiency of method and absurdity of content because, demagogically speaking, there is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future can ...

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Irshad Manji: The Trouble with Islam; A Muslim’s Call for Reform
Irshad Manji wrote her book The Trouble with Islam in 2003 - 2004 as an open letter. The author expressed her doubts and questions to the Muslim and non - Muslim people regarding the rigidity of Islam religion, seeking true answers. Muslim-born author Menji outlined major challenges for modern Muslims in order to get better and get rid of outdated traditions.
According to Manji, Muslims keep practicing outdated traditions that make many Muslim countries stay backward. In 1972, as a four year old girl, she arrived to ...

John Brown was hailed and equally condemned by Americans when he lived. The White American abolitionist, who valiantly took arms to free the Black Americans from slavery and commanded forces in the 1856 conflicts in Kansas to kill slavery supporters, though found guilty and hanged to death on 2 December 1859, inspired the beginning of the civil war a year later to free the Black Americans. Plain, simple and not much educated, to the core Brown was a human being and opposed discrimination on the basis of skin color. He was an ordinary human being who believed that the Negros deserved ...

Koreans during their rich history, unfortunately, many times had to uphold their independence from the enemy invasions and friendly embrace of powerful neighbors. Korean War, which was the first open conflict between USSR and America, was a bloody conflict that for a long time concealed terrible crimes against humanity. We will raise the pages of the Korean War, see it preconditions and consequences. The paper’s main argument is to examine the historical elements of the book The Guest, written by Hwang Sok-yong, and to analyze the conditions of the Sinchon Massacre. We will discuss Hwang’s description of the deep ...

‘The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ is a well-acclaimed book by Mark Bowden. The author gives a spellbinding account of operation that was carried out by American Seals commandos to annihilate the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden the book provides detailed information of operation and describes how Osama was killed. Bowden has a huge experience of writing on issues of defense and due to his wide experience he was able to write this book. This paper intends to discuss Mark Bowden’s book, ‘The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ along with presenting a succinct analysis of ...

8. From Postwar Demobilization Toward Great Power Status, 1865 – 1898
9. The Birth of an American Empire, 1898 – 1902
The Mexican Governor Valeriano Weyler initiated the re-concentration policy to cede independence to United States. America watched the Cuban war from a bird’s eye view since they were opposed to the humanitarian issue while any disruption effort to avert the war would threaten American investments. The American nation proclaimed neutrality while it was hard to maintain the coastal patrols, and it was costly to prosecute offenders. According to the authors, President McKinley was pro-intervention since he considered concentrating ...

No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL

After having been published in 2012, the book titled No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL by Mark Owen with co-author Kevin Maurer became a very popular work dedicated to the Navy Seals. Mark Owen was a member of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU). He took part in the mission dedicated to the elimination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, 2011. Moreover, Owen was a team leader of the unit responsible for the death of bin Laden. Kevin Maurer was involved in military special missions for nine years. So, the experience of both authors became very useful for ...

Introduction

In the book by Keith Finley Delaying the Dream explores gradations in the opposition and examines how the United States senators tackled the question of civil rights and developed a resolute plan of action to frustrate legislation by using strategic delay. Finley’s analysis passes beyond traditional descriptions of the pursuit of racial equality. He analyses heroic struggle, the filibusters, and the southern extremism to reveal the other side of the conflict. This paper discusses the evolution of southern resistance to civil rights legislation in the U.S. senate. It expounds on what worked, and what failed to work giving reason ...

Redemption: The last Battle of the Civil War is a book written by Nicholas Lemann. The book basically discusses American history with a bias to racism and racial violence in the 1800s in the United States. The author opens the account of this historic period with an incidence of racial violence. The book trails the life of Adelbert Ames who was a general during the civil war and was later appointed a provisional governor of postwar Mississippi, later a senator for the same state in 1870 and then a governor in 1873. The author explains an incident in Colfax, Louisiana in which white militia comprising ...

Book Report- Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy

Introduction
Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy is a book by Professor Michael H. Hunt that describes the history of the American foreign policy and how it has affected the nation. The author has taken us through historical events and facts that led to the implementation of the policy and what the initiators thought would impart on the nation. This is made in relation to the events that followed its implementation, which includes various resistances from people who thought America was being too selfish1. The author looks at both the positive and negative impacts of the US foreign policy to ...