online archive
5:00PM
NOV 13 2007
The terrorist’s challenge
Jacob Shapiro (Stanford): The Terrorist’s Challenge: Security, Efficiency, Control. Amartya Sen on why we can best stop terror by civil, not military, means. Andrew Bacevich on picking up after failed war on terror: Bush's campaign to wipe out terrorism is a costly mess — here are five steps to move on. A review of Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri by Brynjar Lia. An interview with Louise Richardson on what terrorists want. An excerpt from What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism by Alan Krueger. Isolationism isn't the answer: Jihadists aren't in Afghanistan—or Iraq—because we are there. A review of Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat by Richard H. Schultz, Jr. and Andrea J. Dew. A review of Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun.
