Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorism - Hardcover

This incisively written sequel to the author's Terrorism: How the West Can Win (Farrar, 1986) could not be more topical or timely. Netanyahu, former Israeli deputy foreign minister and U.N. ambassador and currently a Likud party candidate for prime minister, is a recognized terrorism expert. Notwithstanding its polemical tone, his cogent analysis is sobering and disquieting. Netanyahu traces the roots of and reasons for the current resurgence of domestic and international terrorism, decrying the international community's failure to take what he considers to be the necessary actions to combat it. Confident that the battle against it can be won, he offers a prescription predicated on increased Western resolve, vigilance, and cooperation spearheaded by the United States. Although there are those who will find some recommendations unpalatable for democratic societies, few readers will be unaffected by this provocative and impassioned exhortation to action. Highly recommended for all collections.?David Ettinger, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Not too far into the future, terrorists will be able to destroy entire cities, not just solitary buildings or conveyances. This prospect of a nuclear "suitcase from Allah," or, more specifically, from Iranian theocrats, has long worried security people, and Israeli politician Netanyahu wants to spread the alarm to Americans. He believes that although America was vigilant in the late 1980s, it has recently become complacent about Tehran-directed networks. Further, only after some outrage occurs does attention fall on the freedoms (from surveillance, to immigrate, and to bear arms) that terrorists use to their own advantage. So, Netanyahu wants American authorities to tighten up, which they have done after the Oklahoma disaster. He then turns to his country's targeting by Islamic terrorists and fumes about their use of PLO territory as a safe haven, despite Arafat's pledges. Expect that to end if Netanyahu becomes Israel's next prime minister, as this book's theme will be the major one in his campaign. Gilbert Taylor