Book Fact Sheet–John Mueller’s “Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats and Why We Believe Them.”
Posted by K.E. White on January 8, 2007
Professor Mueller has penned a eye-opening and troubling account of not only America’s post 9/11 approach to homeland security, but to our nation’s overall approach to international security.
Mueller highlighting the waste of our government’s current anti-terror spending; charts our nation’s history of overreaction in foreign policy; and, pointedly asks, how large is the terrorist threat–and how should we fight it?
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bascombe said
this is overdue! terror has been the US geo-political theme since 9/11. It’s about time this topic faced some hard analysis. I’m getting the book. Bloomberg radio did an interview with the author that was eye-opening. I’d recommend getting a transcript.