The Age of Sacred Terror

Daniel Benjamin

ISBN 10: 0375508597 / ISBN 13: 9780375508592

Editore: Random House, 2002

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Riassunto:

Two former members of the National Security Council trace the evolution of present-day terrorist activities and the history of the radical Islamic movement that led to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, describing various aspects of the September 11th attack, why the American public was caught unprepared, and the U.S. government's efforts to stop further threats. 100,000 first printing.

Informazioni sugli autori: STEVEN SIMON, assistant director and senior fellow for U.S. Security Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, served on the National Security Council staff as director for global issues from 1994 to 1998 and senior director for counterterrorism from 1998 to 1999. Prior to entering the administration, he held several positions at the U.S. Department of State dealing with regional security and nonproliferation. He holds degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton and was an international-affairs fellow at Oxford University.<br><br>DANIEL BENJAMIN, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, served as director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff from 1998 to 1999 and as special assistant and foreign-policy speechwriter for President Clinton from 1994 to 1997. Prior to entering the administration, he was Berlin bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and has been a foreign correspondent for Time. He holds degrees from Harvard and Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar.

Steven Simon is assistant director and senior fellow for U.S. Security Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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Titolo: The Age of Sacred Terror
Casa editrice: Random House
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good