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Overblown
Overblown
How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them  
By John Mueller
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Contents


Introduction: Overblown


PART I:
TERRORISM'S IMPACT

1. The Limited Destructiveness of Terrorism

2. Overreacting to Terrorism: The Terrorism Industry


PART II:
HISTORICAL COMPARISONS

3. Dates of Infamy: Pearl Harbor and 9/11

4. Cold War, Containment, and Conspiracy

5. Nuclear Fears, Cold War Terrorism, and Devils du Jour

6. Disorderliness in the New World Order


PART III:
APPROACHING TERROR AND TERRORISM

7. An Alternative Terrorism Policy: Absorbing, Policing, Reducing Fear, Avoiding Overreaction

8. Terrorism and Terror


Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index