2 The Vietnam War and the Communist Terrorists

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. What's in a Name? 1
5. The Vietnam War and the Communist Terrorists 17
6. The Iranian Hostage Crisis: An American Tragedy 37
7. Origins of Terrorism as an American Ideograph: The Reagan Era 65
8. The Persian Gulf Conflict of 1991: The Cold War Narrative in the Post-Cold War Era 97
9. Terrorism and the Clinton Era: A Prophetic Moment 127
10. America under Attack: George W. Bush and Noncitizen Actors 155
11. Terrorism and American Culture 189
12. Notes 213
13. Works Cited 217
14. Index 251