What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Louise Richardson, . . Random, $25.95 (312pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-6481-6
Richardson, executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, set out to write a single-volume, nonpartisan explanation of "terrorism in all its complexity." Her reach, however, exceeds her grasp in an evaluation that leans more on theory than practice and is unrelenting in its attack on current policy. In fact, she's certain that the war on terrorism cannot be won and advises that we limit ourselves to "containing the threat." Richardson (
Reviewed on: 06/26/2006
Genre: Nonfiction
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