For most Americans, terrorism made the transformation from
theoretical threat to frightening reality on September 11, 2001,
yet America has been the target of terrorist acts for over four
decades. Piszkiewicz recounts the changing political orientation of
terrorists and highlights the challenge that faces America and the
community of nations in putting terrorists out of business without
adopting their tactics.
Piszkiewicz tells the history of modern international terrorism
from its beginning in 1958 with the Cuban hijacking of an airliner
en route from Miami. He recounts the changing political orientation
of the enemy, the growing viciousness of their attacks, and the
blundering responses by the U.S. government: inaction, impotent
verbal assaults, and ill-conceived acts of retaliation. This book
highlights the challenge that faces America and the community of
nations in putting terrorists out of business without adopting
their tactics.
The assault began with the hijacking of airliners, but soon
included the bombing of embassies, as well as attacks on military
units and navy ships. Terrorism has evolved from a disorganized
activity of individuals and small groups, through its adoption of
political warfare by nationalists, insurgents, and the
disenfranchised, to its current incarnation as a weapon of
political change used by rogue states and radical religious
movements.
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