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U.S. Counterterrorism examines the "war on modern terrorism," beginning in the Nixon Administration through the end of the Obama Administration. The policy and programs of each administration in response to the changing terrorist threats faced over time are examined. This includes the evolution of the terrorism threat from primarily secular groups with relatively narrow goals, to those with fundamentalist religion broad goals such as the rise of ISIS and the Islamic Caliphate.
U.S. Counterterrorism will serve as a comprehensive review of terrorism and counterterrorism efforts over the last 50 years. Since the past is often prologue, the book provides fundamental insight into where we have come from to turn an eye to where we should be going.
List of contents
Overview of the Terrorism Threat from Nixon to Trump. Terrorism Definitions, Sanctions and Legislations. Background: Nixon to Clinton. Changes in CT Policy in Bush Administration following 9/11. Obama Administration: Policy and Program Responses. The Policy Challenges for the Trump Administration. Reference: Key Documents. Bibliography.
About the author
Michael B. Kraft is a Washington-based counterterrorism consultant, writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience working on terrorism issues in the State Department, Congress and the private sector. After retiring as a senior advisor in the State Department Counterterrorism Office, he worked on counterterrorism issues at the National Defense University Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
Edward Marks served as a Senior Foreign Service Officer (Minister-Counselor) prior to his retirement in 1995. Ambassador Marks was recalled to active duty in 2002-5 to serve as the Department of State’s advisor on terrorism to the United States Pacific Command. Since then he has concentrated on writing, speaking, and consulting, mostly with the Department of Defense.
