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03468cam a22005774a 4500 001 32D9CF2E2B0911DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150520012456 008 050204s2005 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2005003248 020 $a 9780465092819 (hardcover) 020 $a 0465092810 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IXA $d BAKER $d UKM $d BUR $d NLGGC $d TTU $d BTCTA $d LVB $d YDXCP $d IOG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV6432 $b .N34 2005 082 00 $a 363.32/0973 $2 22 084 $a 89.58 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Naftali, Timothy J. 245 1 $a Blind spot : $b the secret history of American counterterrorism / $c Timothy J. Naftali. 260 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c c2005. 300 $a xv, 399 p. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The plot to kill General Eisenhower -- Hijacking -- The lessons of Munich 1972 -- "There's very little we can do" -- Lull before the storm -- False start -- Striking back -- The silent struggle -- The new terrorism -- Clinton versus bin Laden -- George W. Bush and bin Laden -- Conclusion: Blindspots and 9/11. 520 $a National security historian Naftali relates the full backstory of America's attempts to fight terrorism. On September 11, 2001, a long history of failures, missteps, and blind spots in our intelligence services came to a head, with tragic results. At the end of World War II, the OSS had established a system for countering the threats of Nazi terrorists. But those capabilities were soon forgotten, and it wasn't until 1968, when Palestinian groups began a series of airplane hijackings, that the U.S. began to take counterterrorism seriously. Naftali narrates the game of "catch-up" that various administrations and the CIA played, and.shows why holes in U.S. homeland security discovered by Vice President Bush in 1986 were still a problem when his son became President, and why George W. Bush did little to fix them until it was too late. He concludes that liberal democracies like the U.S. are incapable of effectively stopping terrorism.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Terrorism $z United States $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Terrorism $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 17 $a Terrorisme. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Preventie. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Overheidsbeleid. $2 gtt 650 6 $a Terrorisme $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire. $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Terrorisme $x Histoire. $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005003248.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2005003248-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2005003248-d.html 941 $a 13 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718082855.0 952 $l PYAX423 $d 20191001012129.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926085332.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180103053452.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418045003.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823040815.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20120204011135.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=32D9CF2E2B0911DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOGInitiate Another SILO Locator Search