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]]>This book is a good overview of terrorism without going into any depth of any event. However, the author includes a Bibliography at the end of each chapter. These contain a ton of references for anyone who wants further information on specific events or times.
The book, after all, is a history book that the author wrote for use in a college level class, and it reads as such. With that said, it is readable and interesting. And the author did a very good job of describing the history of terrorism and weaving everything together. The analysis helps the reader understand more than just a listing of events. The book is definitely good for the student who wants an academic look at the history of terrorist events, but I think it will also help others in the security fields better understand the history to better predict and deal with future terrorism.
At the end of the book, the author briefly, and I mean very briefly, touches on the future of terrorism, anti-terrorism today, and counterterrorism today. I would really like to see him write more on these areas. The deserve much more than the mention he provides here. But I do understand why he included what he did, because the focus of this text was history, not these three areas.
If you are wanting a very good overlook of the history of terrorism, this book is a great place to start. For some, it will be enough. For others, who want more, this book provides the resources to expand your research into any incident or era you are interested in.
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]]>We must be prepared for, and we must fight back against terrorism. And we must not let terrorists succeed. This does not mean live in paranoia, or arming ourselves to the teeth each and every moment of the day. The amount of preparation will be determined by different factors such as occupation, location of living and work, and individual’s abilities and comfort with tackling terrorism and fighting back.
At the very least, we should acknowledge that terrorism exists and it can happen anywhere at any time. After this acknowledgment, we can prepare by being more alert and aware, learning trauma aid and having first aid and medical supplies available, and preparing to fight back through training. The amount of each of these will differ depending on each individual. But I really believe we should all practice situational awareness, learn to use a tourniquet and stop bleeding, and be prepared to attack back to save our lives and survive.
To fight terrorism, we must be prepared. We must be alert and pay attention to what is going on around us. We must deny terrorists the ability to control us through fear. We do this by refusing to be victims and attacking back whenever and wherever terrorist are. We hope that those who serve in the military and have been tasked to stop terrorists succeed with their missions. But we must also be prepared and understand that on any given day at any given time it might be us that must step up to the task.
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]]>A community should look at power plants, water facilities, telecommunications hubs, and public health and transportation assets that promote the community’s safety, security, and survivability when determining risk. You want to examine the total security of the systems within systems that serve and sustain the community.
Do Nothing
Reasonable Mitigation Measures
Harden the Facility
According to G. Gordon Liddy in his book Fight Back, when assessing risk for risk management purposes, you can divide terrorism risks into three elements. These are: the assets you value and therefore need to protect, the likelihood of you or your industry being attacked, and your vulnerability to attack. He does note that while this approach offers a viable means of assigning values and apportioning risk, there can be a degree of subjectivity in this analysis because it is difficult to know the full value of an item, fully understand the enemy’s mind-set and intentions, or to ensure your vulnerability-mitigation efforts will be effective. The key to success lies in having experienced and knowledgeable industry analysts perform the assessment and assign the values.
Looking at the three elements promotes effective, predictive risk management by identifying known threats to a company or industry. It is important to understand that these components of risk do not act in isolation. The are closely dependent on and reinforce each other.
It is also important to examine the potential for cascading effects of a single event. The interrelationships of all components is the basis for understanding and avoiding potentially catastrophic events that, one the surface, my not seem as high risk as other events.
A proper risk assessment will the allow an organization or community to reduce vulnerability to attack by hardening facilities with increased physical protection, which should in turn, make the targeting of such facilities less likely.
Resource for this article: Fight Back: Tackling Terrorism, Liddy Style by G. Gordon Liddy
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