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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781928103321

Autore

Cole Leonard A. <1933-2022.>

Titolo

Terror [[electronic resource] ] : how Israel has coped and what America can learn / / Leonard A. Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-06574-2

9786612065743

0-253-00001-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/16095694

Soggetti

Terrorism - Israel

Terrorism - Israel - Prevention

Terrorism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Terror -- ZAKA -- Buses -- Survivors -- Families -- Doctors and nurses -- Terror, medicine, and security -- American rehearsal -- Teaching from experience -- Trauma : 9/11 and the Intifada -- Palestinians -- Challenges and lessons -- Beyond terror -- Appendix : terrorism issues in Israel and the United States.

Sommario/riassunto

No country has experienced more acts of terrorism over a prolonged period                than Israel. The frequency of attacks has propelled Israel toward innovative methods                to address the threat. Indeed, treating so many victims of physical and                psychological trauma has given rise to the new field of terror medicine.                In a gripping narrative, terrorist expert Leonard A. Cole                describes how different segments of Israeli society have coped with terrorism --                survivors of attacks, families of victims, emergency resp