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Lives at Risk
Russell D. Buhite
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Description for Lives at Risk
Paperback. Presents the historical content needed to understand terrorism and America's responses to terrorist acts. Num Pages: 268 pages, maps, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Lives at Risk: Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy is the first book that provides the historical content needed to understand terrorism and America's responses to terrorist acts. Historian Russell D. Buhite here examines key instances of hostage-taking throughout U.S. history, from the late eighteenth century to the 1980s, and shows how our policies have evolved and how previous experiences can help us deal with terrorist threats today. Professor Buhite begins this study with a discussion of the special problems that the United States has faced in dealing with hostage crises. The subsequent chapters then proceed chronologically through U.S. ... Read more
Lives at Risk: Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy is the first book that provides the historical content needed to understand terrorism and America's responses to terrorist acts. Historian Russell D. Buhite here examines key instances of hostage-taking throughout U.S. history, from the late eighteenth century to the 1980s, and shows how our policies have evolved and how previous experiences can help us deal with terrorist threats today. Professor Buhite begins this study with a discussion of the special problems that the United States has faced in dealing with hostage crises. The subsequent chapters then proceed chronologically through U.S. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842025539
SKU
V9780842025539
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About Russell D. Buhite
Russell D. Buhite is professor of history and head of the History Department at the University of Tennessee.
Reviews for Lives at Risk
This masterful history of hostage taking with Americans as victims raises the question of whether open societies, even with the highest technology, will ever be able to cope with this curse.
The Washington Times
Lives at Risk is a scholarly and highly readable account of a problem that has been with us since the early days of the ... Read more
The Washington Times
Lives at Risk is a scholarly and highly readable account of a problem that has been with us since the early days of the ... Read more