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"As 2020 came to an end there was no shortage of Americans as well as others who welcomed the New Year, hoping life for everyone would improve in 2021. What perhaps worsened the suffering among Americans as well as others was a feeling of helplessness: As people found themselves impacted by the pandemic, the protests over racial inequality, and the terrible fires and weather events that plagued the nation, most people came to the conclusion that there was very little they could do to make the bad news go away"--

"Many extremist groups have emerged in recent years. Moreover, many individuals harbor extremist viewpoints and have taken action on their own. They do this to call attention to their beliefs, cause chaos, and very often commit acts of violence under the misguided notions that their causes are justified and would find widespread acceptance by the American people. Very often, though, these extremists ultimately find themselves sharing prison cells"--

By the early years of the 2000 decade, Americans as well as others in the West had become all-too-familiar with Islamist terrorism. The attacks of September 11, 2001, took the lives of nearly three thousand Americans who were killed when airliners hijacked by terrorists slammed into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attack. (Al-Qaeda is an Arabic word meaning "the base.") In fact, by early 2018, the US State Department identified no fewer than fifty separate organizations as Islamist terrorist groups. Certainly, these groups vary in size but their missions are strikingly similar: To bring down national governments and install in their places theocracies that would govern under the edicts of fundamentalist Islamic law-in other words, following to the letter laws first written by Islamic scholars more than 1,400 years ago. To achieve this goal, their members are willing to resort to murdering innocent civilians

Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction: Pain And Suffering -- Chapter One: Cruel And Unusual Punishment -- Chapter Two: Torture Endures -- Chapter Three: The Push For Human Rights -- Chapter Four: Blood On American Hands -- Chapter Five: Recovering From The Wounds Of Torture -- Chapter Six: Blowing The Whistle On Torture -- Critical Analysis -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Source Notes -- Selected Bibiography -- For Further Information -- Index -- Photo Acknowledgments -- About The Author -- Back Flap -- Back Cover

Intro -- Contents -- 1: Madam Speaker -- 2: Born into Politics -- 3: Rise to the Top -- 4: The Hundred Hours Agenda -- 5: Thawing the Middle East Ice -- 6: Opposing the War -- 7: "Impeachment Is Off the Table -- 8: Breaking Through the Gridlock -- 9: Rescuing the Economy -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Resources -- Index -- About the Author -- Picture Credits.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: The National Tragedy of Drug Abuse -- Chapter One: Drug Abuse in America -- Chapter Two: How Drugs Affect the Brain, the Body, and Behavior -- Chapter Three: How Drug Abuse Affects Society -- Chapter Four: The War on Drugs -- Chapter Five: Should Drugs Be Legalized? -- Notes -- Discussion Questions -- Organizations to Contact -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover