LEADER 03542nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9911004892903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613085078 010 $a9781283085076 010 $a1283085070 010 $a9781935308317 010 $a1935308319 035 $a(CKB)2560000000015392 035 $a(EBL)686345 035 $a(OCoLC)667274176 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430814 035 $a(PQKB)10937104 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC686345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL686345 035 $a(Perlego)532531 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000015392 100 $a20100304d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTerrorizing ourselves $ewhy U.S. counterterrorism policy is failing and how to fix it /$fedited by Benjamin H. Friedman, Jim Harper, and Christopher A. Preble 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cCato Institute$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (330 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781935308300 311 08$a1935308300 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Defeating al Qaeda; 2. Terrorism as a Product of Choices and Perceptions; 3. Are There ''Root Causes'' for Terrorist Support?: Revisiting the Debate on Poverty, Education, and Terrorism; 4. Don't You Know There's a War On?: Assessing the Military's Role in Counterterrorism; 5. Assessing Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, and Risk; 6. Assessing Measures Designed to Protect the Homeland; 7. The Economics of Homeland Security; 8. The Atomic Terrorist?; 9. Assessing the Threat of Bioterrorism 327 $a10. Managing Fear: The Politics of Homeland Security11. The Impact of Fear on Public Thinking about Counterterrorism Policy: Implications for Communicators; 12. Communicating about Threat: Toward a Resilient Response toTerrorism; Notes; Index; Contributors; Cato Institute 330 $aTerrorizing Ourselves exposes and decries how politicians manipulate fear for political purposes, and it cuts through the confusion that Americans have about terrorism and shows how to counter it. As the book illustrates, anxiety about terrorism is driving military adventurism, exploding the national debt, militarizing domestic affairs, and shifting expenditures away from other urgent priorities. To replace the counterterrorism policies that are now failing, Terrorizing Ourselves offers disciplined responses that can defeat the internal logic of terrorism and erode its power as a tool against 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 615 0$aTerrorism 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention$xGovernment policy 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aNational security 676 $a363.325/160973 701 $aFriedman$b Benjamin H$01822043 701 $aHarper$b Jim$f1967-$01822041 701 $aPreble$b Christopher A$01822044 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911004892903321 996 $aTerrorizing ourselves$94388089 997 $aUNINA