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Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control, Vol. 29, U.S. Perspectives

22 January, 2002

The first authoritative compilation of transcripts documenting the U.S. governments policy response to the horrific and unprecedented terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 is now available from Oceana Publications, Inc. (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.).  Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control, U.S. Perspectives (Vol. 29) details not only the immediate responses of the Executive and Legislative branches, but also key Congressional testimony that will help shape future legislation.

“This volume places a comprehensive review of the government’s initial response to this crisis at the reader’s fingertips,” said Professor Yonah Alexander, the book’s co-editor and director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies’ International Center for Terrorism Studies.  “The book provides a compilation of relevant documents that shows how the efforts of the Executive and Legislative branches incorporate expert testimony to create the policies and laws that define the government’s response to this threat to national security.”

The book includes:

President Bush’s “Most Wanted” list,

An Executive Order seizing assets and blocking transactions with terrorist-related groups,

An Executive Order establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council,

Congressional Research Service reports,

General Accounting Office reports, and

Reports on nuclear, biological, and chemical threats.

This edition of Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control represents the 29th volume in this distinguished series spanning 20 years of terrorist activity and government policy response.  Prior volumes provide documentation of how the government viewed and prepared for terrorist attacks prior to the World Trade Center attacks, the history of terrorist attacks perpetrated outside the U.S., and the threat presented by weapons of mass destruction.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Prof. Alexander, call the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies’ International Center for Terrorism Studies at (703) 525-0770 or go on-line to www.potomacinstitute.org.