The Warning Before 9/11 and the Intelligence They BuriedFor more than two decades, one question has haunted the story of September 11: what if elements inside the United States government knew more than they admitted before the attacks occurred?In Able Danger: What the 9/11 Commission Never Told You, former Congressman Curt Weldon presents a deeply personal and explosive account of a classified U.S. Army intelligence program that identified Mohamme...

Bipartisanship has been essential to America's success throughout its history. Today, however, there seems waning interest by politicians in both parties to work together to address pressing issues and find solutions.In Across the Aisle, highly respected Republicans and Democrats argue persuasively that, time and again, bipartisanship on the local, state, and national levels has proven integral to moving America forward. Citing numerous examples, the contributors convincin...

"Congressman Curt Weldon provides a rare—indeed unique—insight on what is going on in the war on terrorism through his 'Ali' missives. The book is a case study of an intelligence failure in the process of happening, with potentially catastophic consequences for the United States. Moreover, Curt accurately diagnoses the larger problems in the intelligence community that can result in intelligence failures. He offers a blueprint for solving these problems, and for winning the war on terroris...

In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe.Chris Ryan served in the SAS for seven years and in several war zones throughout the world. During this time he was the Regiment's top striker and in 1991 during the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission behind Iraqi lines he was the only member of the team to evade capture and fight his way to safety, for which he was awarded the Military Medal - his CO said he had 'made Regiment history'. He is...

The new and fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling security classic.Written by renowned ex-SAS security expert Andrew Kain, this handbook provides the most reliable, authoritative and respected security information on the market. Don’t leave home without it on your smartphone, laptop or ereader!Andrew Kain served in the SAS for 11 years, leaving in 1990 to set up AKE Group, a world leader in the field of risk mitigation. In this fully updated...

In this innovative and concise work, Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu offers a compelling approach to understanding and fighting the increase in domestic and international terrorism throughout the world. Citing diverse examples from around the globe, Netanyahu demonstrates that domestic terrorist groups are usually no match for an advanced technological society which can successfully roll back terror without any significant curtailment of civil liberties. But Netanyahu sees an even mo...

Terrorism and Deadliest Enabling Scandals of 21st Century is a factual and documented description of a long series of terrorist attacks against U.S. targets were caused, and enabled to succeed by a combination of incompetence, misconduct, and actual criminal misconduct. The primary enablers were employees in the FBI and other U.S. Department of Justice offices, with details and documentation starting in the mid-1960s.Included, but not limited, is the truth behind the 1993 World Trad...

In this contribution to philosophical ethics, Claudia Card revisits the theory of evil developed in her earlier book The Atrocity Paradigm (2002), and expands it to consider collectively perpetrated and collectively suffered atrocities. Redefining evil as a secular concept and focusing on the inexcusability - rather than the culpability - of atrocities, Card examines the tension between responding to evils and preserving humanitarian values. This stimulating and often provocative book cont...

The book, "Faces of Terrorism and The Ultimate Solution", takes the reader's mind away from the barriers of caste and creed, towards a soothing inclination to think about a peaceful human society. The author P. P. S. Bambah has projected many different types of worldwide terrorism activities with plenty of examples from history, religions and diverse world communities. His wide knowledge of religions, history, politics and other subjects reflects in his writings.In...

This book explores agency, reconciliation and minority return within the context of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. It focuses on a community in North-West Bosnia, which successfully reversed the worst episode of ethnic cleansing prior to Srebrenica by fighting for return, and then establishing one of the only successful examples of contested minority return in the town of Kozarac. The book is a result of a longitudinal, decade-long study of a group of people who discovered a remarkable level ...

Northern Ireland, 9th August 1971. On the orders of the British Government over 300 suspected IRA terrorists are being arrested and interned.The atmosphere in the province is tense and the mood is ugly. For a group of young soldiers posted there with the Royal Artillery,Northern Ireland is a death trap waiting to happen.But they believe in what they are doing.They believe that to achieve peace there must be sacrifices; people will inevitably die, on both sides.

South Africa came late to television; when it finally arrived in the late 1970s the rest of the world had already begun to boycott the country because of apartheid. While the ruling National Party feared the integrative effects of television, they did not foresee how exclusion from globally unifying broadcasts would gradually erode their power. South Africa was barred from participating in some of television's greatest global attractions (including sporting events such as the Olympics and ...