Lives at Risk

Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

Lives at Risk: Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy is the first book that provides the historical content needed to understand terrorism and America's responses to terrorist acts.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. history, narrating major hostage incidents and tracing changes in Washington's stance toward terrorists. Lives at Risk will appeal to teachers of courses in foreign policy, diplomatic history, general history, and political science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-08-01
Mått:169 x 227 x 22 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
ISBN:9780842025539

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Russell D. Buhite is professor of history and head of the History Department at the University of Tennessee.

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction: Terrorism and American Foreign RelationsChapter 2 The Barbary Pirates: Terrorist Tormentors of the Early RepublicChapter 3 A Question of Character: The Mailed Fist of the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 4 A Study in Contradition: Theodore Roosevelt's Responses to Hostage CrisesChapter 5 At Risk in War and Revolution: Bargaining with the Soviet UnionChapter 6 Trial in Mukden: Hostages of the Chinese CommunistsChapter 7 The Pueblo Crisis: Hostages of North KoreaChapter 8 Revolutionaries in Control: Hostages of IranChapter 9 Dealing with Brigands and Believers: An AppraisalChapter 10 Appendix: Major Hostage Incidents in U.S. History