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9780465092826

Blind Spot The Secret History of American Counterterrorism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465092826

  • ISBN10:

    0465092829

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-05-02
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

In This revelatory new account, national security historian Timothy Naftali relates the full story of America's decades-long attempt to fight terrorism. On September 11, 2001, a long history of failures and missteps came to a head with tragic results. But, says Naftali, it didn't have to be so.

Author Biography

Timothy Naftali is Associate Professor and Director of the Presidential Recordings Program and Kremlin Decision-Making Project at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
The Plot to Kill General Eisenhower
1(18)
Hijacking
19(35)
The Lessons of Munich 1972
54(24)
``There's Very Little We Can Do''
78(21)
The Lull Before the Storm
99(17)
False Start
116(34)
Striking Back
150(52)
The Silent Struggle
202(25)
The New Terrorism
227(33)
Clinton Versus bin Laden
260(26)
George W. Bush and bin Laden
286(25)
Conclusion: Blind Spots and 9/11 311(16)
Afterword 327(8)
Notes 335(54)
Index 389

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