American global strategy and the "war on terrorism".0754645126 American global strategy and the "war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act ". Gardner, Hall. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 231 pages $89.95 Hardcover JZ1480 Approaching the topic from the perspective of what he calls non- traditional or alternative realism, Gardner (American U. of Paris, France) provides a critical examination of the US response to terrorism. His goal is to point the way towards an end to the "war on terrorism" and show how concerted and multilateral engagement can achieve reconciliation between conflicting states and between state and anti- state factions. He defines different state and anti-state terrorisms, considers issues of nuclear proliferation Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "nuclear weapon States" by the , and considers the possible ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of American military expansionism ex·pan·sion·ism n. A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion. ex·pan  sion·ist adj. & n. , including the
risk of major power conflict.
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