Volume 86: Documents of International and Local Control (Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195338774 ISBN 13: 9780195338775

Publisher: OUP USA, 2008

Synopsis

Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.


Volume 86 constitutes the innaugural edition of the enhanced version of Terrorism: 1st Series. With this new volume, Oxford Law introduces the expert commentary and editing of Professor Douglas C. Lovelace, Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the Army War College. Professor Lovelace's high-raninking experience in authoring national securities directives makes him the perfect addition to this Terrorism project. Lovelace's expansive background offers readers access to invaluable commentatary which has been sensibly organizated to aid research. Volume 86 explores the large body of national security and military strategies currently in effect for the U.S. The topical organization of these "National Strategies"and the expert introductions provided for these documents, validates Lovelaces' expertise in this area as well as his extensive inside knowledge of U.S. security policy .For readers and researchers in need of a thorough but concise guide to current government plans in the war on terror, Volume 86 will prove indispensible.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195338774
• ISBN 13: 9780195338775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 550