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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone (June 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684846144
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684846149
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding book
By Michael J. Berquist on January 25, 2000
Format: Hardcover
With the end of the Cold War and the growing globalization of the world marketplace there has been a marked increase in the last decade of terrorist activities, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, being just two of the more conspicuous examples. In his book "The New War", Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts lays out a complete picture of the international crime syndicates which now threaten America's security and way of life. Senator Kerry lays out a compelling argument for America to take steps to protect our infrastructure from outside threats.
A must read for anyone concerned about America's place in the world.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThinking about International Crime
By Peter Shulman on May 11, 2004
Format: Paperback
Hindsight, we all know is 20-20, but John Kerry does a pretty credible job showing foresight in this book. The central thesis is that failed stated threaten the international order and thus threaten the security of the United States. Kerry did not indeed connect all of the dots to AL Qaeda in this book, but that's not his specific target. Essentially, he argues that there must be far more international cooperation in stopping crime, as criminals often operate outside the nation which they are devestating. Anyone who has read about the impact of international criminal syndicates on state authority (in Burma, Kosovo, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Thailand, Nigeria, N. Ireland, Yugoslavia, and Russia, for a short list) knows that Kerry's call was common sense; not brilliant, but common sense that wasn't very common in the isolationist 90s. When GWB came to office, he worked against international conventions on money laundering and diamond smuggling right up to the time that the WTC was bombed. This book, on the other hand, shows clear evidence that Kerry was attuned to the international tenacles of terrorism and its links to organized crime. Given that he had earlier unraveled the BCCI banking scandal and the secret Iran-Contra network as a Senator, one can see a clear theme: Kerry has a prosecutor's nose for the behind-the-scenes networks that the US must go after to be successful in the war on terrorism. The prose isn't particularly compelling, but the ideas, on the other hand, showed a man asking the right questions. Indeed, a president who not only reads, but writes and asks questions; it's a far cry from the president who took a month's vacation in August, 2001, with what little work being done focused on killing stem cell research in the US. Don't take my word for it; read it for yourself. It is common-sensical, and indeed, has become something of standard thinking in the post-9/11 era.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe New War
By Matt on August 6, 2003
Format: Hardcover
Extraordinary book. It will give you chills. 5 years before
9/11 the author talked about the threat of terrorism. With prescience and intelligence he stated that "It will take only one mega-terrorist event in any of the great cities of the world to change the world in a single day." This guy is going to make a wonderful president.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe early view of the five most serious threats to our national security.
By Virginia C. Cotts on September 6, 2006
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As one person who has continued to mention this book in the blogosphere, I would like to expand on the comments. The best companion book for this is Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies". In 1996, when this book was being finished, Clarke and the Counter-Terrorism Security Group were still trying to figure out for sure what role "the terrorist financier, Osama bin Laden" actually played in terroism by Islamic groups. There were many other figures involved and bin Laden intentionally kept away from the planners and doers. Clarke and the DOJ did not have enough information about bin Laden to indict him until the spring of '98. Kerry probably knew bin Laden's name and the suspicions about him; revealing them in the book would have exposed the investigation - rather stupid even if bin Laden had reason to suspect it.

Although bin Laden is now considered the mastermind financier founder of al Qaeda, there are many cells and more groups out there, working independently. It is just as blind to ignore them now, as the Bush administration ignored the warnings from the Clinton administration and all the intell agencies about al Qaeda in 2001.

The primary point of the book is to explain how groups of violent people, who recognize no law and have no national affiliation, are the most difficult to catch. In reality, the organized crime groups are many times bigger and more advanced than the terrorists could hope to be in 20 years. In the FIRST HALF of the '90s: "Today's transnational criminal cartels use high-speed modems and encrypted faxes. They buy jet airplanes three or four at a time and even have stealth-like submersibles... They hire the finest minds to devise encryption systems and provide complex accounting procedures... They engage the ablest lawyers....Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsThe New War = The War on Drugs
By Gagewyn on January 15, 2007
Format: Hardcover
The New War was interesting to read. It mostly deals with drug cartels and how they have become more global and are becoming more like international corporations. The book is not about terrorism. It is about trends in global organized crime with a heavy heavy emphasis on the drug trade. After all the war on drugs was the big thing when this book was written.

According to Kerry there are five major groups which are the big players in crime. These are the Italian Mafia, the Russian Mafia, the yakuza, Chinese triads and Colombian drug cartels. From this assessment you can probably see that this book is a bit dated. Kerry describes each of these organizations and how it is adapting. Basically the trend is toward a more corporate structure: money and not ideology is the motivator and drug cartels are run like businesses and in conjunction with legitimate businesses. Kerry devotes a single chapter exclusively to terrorism. The issues he addresses, such as what may have happened to the USSR's nukes, are still significant but once again I feel that they were generally viewed as problems back in 1997, so the chapter feels dated. Today our concerns about terrorism have moved on due to the World Trade Center bombings.

In discussions of the changing face of international crime I didn't find much to scare me. Kerry points out campaign contributions given by drug cartels to political leaders in Colombia. As he points out these cartels also run legitimate businesses, so things are at least veiled. In the US private campaign contributions are influencing laws. Does anyone doubt this? As Kerry points out the desire to be seen as legitimate means that violent thugs are obsolete in the new international crime business model. Blood is out. Bribes are in.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book ...Kerry is the foremost expert on terrorism in America

Excellent book ...While this book was written long before 9/11 and Islamic terrorism was not yet as deadly a threat as it is today, it is clear Kerry is extremely knowledgeable on... Read more

Published on June 30, 2005 by Paul J. Dillon
3.0 out of 5 starsThe New War = The War on Drugs

The New War was interesting to read. It mostly deals with drug cartels and how they have become more global and are becoming more like international corporations. Read more

Published on December 2, 2004 by Gagewyn
5.0 out of 5 starsWhat was he thinking?

While we may never know what John Kerry was doing while he wasn't attending Intelligence Committee meetings following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, at least we now know what... Read more

Published on October 30, 2004 by Charles Miller
5.0 out of 5 starsJohn Kerry is a Global Terrorism Expert.

While Bush was sitting in Texas messing up their economy, John Kerry was working in Washington D.C. getting a deep understanding of terrorism and it's threats. Read more

Published on October 18, 2004 by Benjamin C. Feinblum
1.0 out of 5 starsClueless after 13 years in the senate. Still clueless in '04

The excuses various reviewers give for the embarassing lacunae in this supposedly well informed author's perspective on terrorism are as amusing as the book itself. Read more

Published on October 5, 2004 by Desi Erasmus
1.0 out of 5 starsFalls Short

Not only is this book terribly written and extremely hard to understand, it is full of extremist views that are way off the mainstream and would offend 80% of the people who make... Read more

Published on August 15, 2004
1.0 out of 5 starsJapanese yakuza ?

When I saw the Bush tv-ad claming that John Kerrys "Great plan on Terror" was on the Japanese yakuza ! I was sceptic, so I read the book. The tv-ad was right !!! Read more

Published on August 8, 2004 by Judit Rasmussen
4.0 out of 5 starsThinking about terrorism in 1997 to warrant writing a book..

This book is an interesting, but incomplete work. Shows first of all that

Kerry thought it to be a very important problem in 1997, before

the US embassy... Read more

Published on August 1, 2004 by P. Javangula
2.0 out of 5 starsKerry fails to mention Bin Laden in his terrorism book

In Kerry's "New War" he talks about the new globalization of crime. This book is filled with allusions to how the new world a place where sovereignty is becoming a relic... Read more

Published on July 17, 2004
5.0 out of 5 starsTerrorism as crime

To date, we have cought and tried the people involved with the 1993 WTC bombing and the USS Cole attack. We have not caught the mastermind we declared "war" on. Read more

Published on July 16, 2004

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