Terror Ho Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn [Hardcover]

No country has experienced more acts of terrorism over a prolonged period than Israel. The frequency of attacks has propelled Israel toward innovative methods to address the threat. Indeed, treating so many victims of physical and psychological trauma has given rise to the new field of terror medicine.

In a gripping narrative, terrorist expert Leonard A. Cole describes how different segments of Israeli society have coped with terrorismsurvivors of attacks, families of victims, emergency responders, doctors and nurses, and, in the end, the general population. He also interviews Palestinians, including imprisoned handlers of suicide bombers, who endorse or deplore suicide bombings. He concludes that the Israeli experience with preparedness and coping offers valuable lessons for the United States.

Mr. Cole's book is essential reading for all those involved in homeland security preparedness.

Leonard A. Cole is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. He is an expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine and author of seven books, most recently The Anthrax Letters: A Medical Detective Story. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Contents<\>
Prologue
1. Terror
2. Zaka
3. Buses
4. Survivors
5. Families
6. Doctors and Nurses
7. Terror, Medicine, and Security
8. American Rehearsal
9. Teaching from Experience
10. Trauma: 9/11 and the Intifada
11. Palestinians
12. Challenges and Lessons
13. Beyond Terror
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

If there is any benefit from the sad fact of terrorism that has plagued Israel's life for decades it is the possibility that other nations and other peoples might find something from the Israeli experience that can help them, as terrorism has become a world-wide scourge. Leonard Cole's book gives the fullest description of this process available today.While the fight against terrorism within our borders is relatively newlSÒ