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Collateral Damage: The Psychological Consequences of America's War on Terrorism (Contemporary Psychology)

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This is a book which consists of essays by academic psychology professors which portray all the bad effects that fighting against terrorist organizations which have attacked the U. S. can have on the American people. Nothing is said about these attacks because the entire focus is on the bad effects fighting such a war will have on the populace. The fact of the matter is that--quite unintentionally, I'm sure--these authors have recorded what dhimmitude looks like up close and it ain't pretty. These people's own psychology shows us just how terrorists intend their use of terror to work. Everything focuses on how wrong it is to fight terrorists, which comes down to arguing in favor of giving in to terror and instead indicting the very U. S. administration that was engaged in fighting these people. The real evil is--of course--the administration of George W. Bush, and the real perps are American citizens who refuse to be terrorized. Watch out--liberals academic and otherwise are already the the "fifth column" within this country, and this book is an excellent introduction to the kind of betrayal that the Islamist terrorists are trying to induce in America. I give the book three stars because of its usefulness in delineating the enemy of America within America.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICA'S WAR ON TERRORISM goes beyond other books which focus on terrorist tactics to consider the long-term psychological impact of terrorism on this country. From the increased stereotyping of and prejudice against foreigners in general and Arabs in particular to increases in domestic hate crimes and depression, militancy and anger, COLLATERAL DAMAGE examines national reactions to terrorism as a whole and is essential for any in-depth college-level military or social science collection.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch