Publisher's Synopsis
A major international security concern that surfaced in the post-World War II period was the emergence and evolution of international terrorism. The dominant theme in the evolution of this threat has been anti-American terrorism. No other country has had its overseas interests subjected to the same level, lethality, diversity, and geographic scope of international terrorist activity as the United States. This five-volume work chronicles the development of this threat through 12 US presidential administrations over a 70-year period. It assesses the terrorist threat in the US and overseas and how the government responded. The expansion of the field of terrorism in academia, think tanks, institutes and the private sector over this period is also addressed.Volumes I and II covered the Eisenhower through to the George H. W. Bush administrations. This volume documents the terrorist threat faced by the Clinton administration (1993-2000) and how it responded. During the Clinton administration, Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda emerged as major terrorism actors, and the planning and preparation for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks took place. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing, 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, 1998 Khobar Towers bombing, 1998 bombings of the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and 2000 bombing of the USS Cole missile destroyer all occurred during this period. In this volume, executive orders, presidential decision directives, domestic legislation, international treaties, special counterterrorism units, terrorist renditions, presidential findings, public diplomacy, and counterterrorism actions are examined.
