Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn

by Leonard A. Cole

Book Overview

No country has experienced more acts of terrorism over a prolonged period than Israel. The frequency of attacks has propelled Israel toward innovative methods to address the threat. Indeed, treating so many victims of physical and psychological trauma has given rise to the new field of terror medicine.

In a gripping narrative, terrorist expert Leonard A. Cole describes how different segments of Israeli society have coped with terrorism--survivors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253349184
• ISBN13: 9780253349187
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Terror

Dr Cole has provided insight into the thinking of the Israeli who has been confronted with terrorist tactics. We can all learn from this. A book well worth reading and studying.

Saving American Lives

Len Cole's book shares real experiences of Israeli victims of terror, their families and care providers and explores the services and procedures that were developed to help them heal and cope. The organizations that provided these services have formed the network that is the Israeli national system for dealing with these devasatating events. This network can be a prototype for developing an uniquely American system to save American lives. Terror, How Israel Has Coped And What American Can Learn, is moving, erudite, well researched and is a must read for all concerned about responding to terror in America. Elaine Schreiber, Phoenix, AZ

A Must Read

Leonard A. Cole's book reads both as a terrifying documentation of the nightmare experiences of Israeli citizens at the hands of Palestinian suicide bombers while at the same time demonstrating the magnificence of heart of those same Israeli citizens. Dr. Cole has painstakingly researched the entire spectrum of senseless violence and the way a gallant citizenry has dealt with it and has drawn conclusions and recommendations that has a universality for all countries now facing the threat of Terroism. Many of these recommendations could perhaps one day save American lives. After reading Dr. Cole's book, one finds himself/herself reflecting long hours on the nature of the human condition.

"Terror" an excellent primer for all of us

"Terror" by Dr. leonard Cole, provides a sophisticated analysis of how Israel has coped with terror within it's borders. All Americans should be reading this book to help us as individuals as well as our gorvernment in putting the Israeli experience into practice in the united States.