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Article: Terrorism, Freedom and Security: Winning Without War.(Book Review)
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- The Australian Journal of Politics and History
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Terrorism, Freedom and Security: Winning Without War. By Philip B. Heymann (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), pp. 210, Index. Hbk. ISBN 0-262-08327-2. US$24.95.
Although Heymann's latest book on America's response to terrorism was written in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the reemergence of tension and violence in Korea and the Middle East, his basic argument remains the same as his 1998 volume, Terrorism and America, also published by MIT Press. That is, Heymann argues that in planning a comprehensive response to terrorism, the US needs to be aware that certain measures designed to combat terrorism can actually ...