One of America's leading terrorism experts offers a realistic study of what the country needs to do to protect itself against terrorist activities, revealing why many of the current tactics are largely a waste, identifying the real perils threatening our safety, and calling for a new approach that emphasizes the identification and destruction of terrorist cells. 75,000 first printing.
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MICHAEL A. SHEEHAN has held the following positions: New York City Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism; Assistant Secretary General in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations; Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism at the State Department; National Security Council staff officer at the White House; and commander of a counterterrorism hostage rescue unit in the U.S. Army Special Forces. A graduate of West Point as well as U.S. Army Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces schools, Sheehan was deployed in such hot spots as El Salvador, Panama, Korea, and Somalia before retiring from the military as a lieutenant colonel.
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