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"Volume I examined the policies and actions in the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations that contributed to the creation of anti-American grievances which in turn fueled the rise of anti-American terrorism overseas and domestically during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. Volume II chronicles the high-water mark of anti-American terrorism overseas that occurred during the Reagan administration. The litany of terrorist attacks on US targets overseas during this period is well known and unmatched in American history: 1983 suicide attack on US Embassy Beirut, 1983 suicide attack on US Marine Barracks Beirut, 1983 suicide attack on US Embassy Kuwait, 1984 suicide attack on US Embassy Beirut, 1985 assault on the TWA counter at Rome airport, 1985 hijacking of TWA 847, 1986 mid-air bombing of TWA 840, 1988 mid-air bombing of Pan Am 103, and the 19821988 kidnappings of 18 Americans in Lebanon. This wave of anti-American terrorist attacks demanded an appropriate response. The Reagan administration proceeded to construct the most ambitious and costly counter-terrorism program in the pre-9/11 era. Although the terrorist threat was perceived to be in decline during the George H W Bush administration, it still had to deal with the potential terrorist threat emanating from the first Gulf War in 19901991, two assassination attempts on the president, and the ramifications of the Pan Am 103 bombing"--Publisher's website

The Reagan Administration (1981-1988): The Record , Overseas Threat -- The Reagan Administration (1981-1988): The Record, Overseas Threat-Part II -- The Reagan Administration (1981-1988): The Record, The Overseas Threat-Part III -- The Reagan Administration (1981-1988): The Record, Internal Threat-Part I -- The Reagan Administration (1981-1988): The Record, Internal Threat-Part II -- The Reagan Administration: The Response-Part I -- The Reagan Administration: The Response- Part II -- The Reagan Administration: The Response- Part III -- The Reagan Administration: The Response-Part IV -- The George H. W. Bush Administration (1989-1992): The Record -- The George H. W. Bush Administration (1989-1992): The Response -- Summation and Prognosis.

Examines political, criminal, and "blood feud" terrorist activity in the 15 newly independent states; potential to replace the Middle East as a generator of international crises. Focus on the southern Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia, the regions of Abkhazia and Marneuli in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan; includes chronology of selected political terrorism, 1995-97.

Ideological bankruptcy, strategic confusion, and organizational isolation of the fighting communist terrorist organization; based on analysis of the RAF's 1992 communiques.