The bombings of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and
of the World Trade Center in New York City have joined a long
history of terrorists acts against the United States. In this newly
updated edition of his book, Jeffrey Simon reaches back to the
founding days of the Republic to tell a story that is both
instructive and alarming. Simon uncovers the dynamics of a deadly
conflict that affects all Americans. His in-depth interviews with
terrorists and their victims, with reporters, government officials,
and others bring to life a tale of presidents and terrorists, media
and society, all entangled in a drama of international
violence.
The Terrorist Trap traces the government response to terrorism
from the days of Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates to
William Jefferson Clinton's confrontation with homegrown terrorism.
It explores the terrorist trap: the psychological, political, and
social elements that make terrorism unlike any other conflict. With
the end of the Cold War and the defeat of Saddam Hussein's army in
the Gulf War, many believed that the threat of terrorism had been
significantly reduced. But Simon shows how terrorism grows out of
political, economic, and social grievances that can never be
fully resolved, as events in Israel and elsewhere continue to
demonstrate. Living with terrorism will be an inescapable part of
life in the twenty-first century. Simon calls on officials to move
away from the useless rhetoric of defeating terrorism and to focus
instead on achievable goals in combating this global problem.
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