The victims of terrorism an assessment of their influence and growing role in policy, legislation, and the private sector

Organized groups of victims' families and friends have emerged since September 11, 2001, to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups were remarkably successful in getting the 9/11 Commission established and in getting the commission's most impor...

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Main Author: Hoffman, Bruce
Other Authors: Kasupski, Anna-Britt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy 2007, 2007
Series:Occasional paper
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Summary:Organized groups of victims' families and friends have emerged since September 11, 2001, to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups were remarkably successful in getting the 9/11 Commission established and in getting the commission's most important recommendations enacted. This report documents these groups and compares them to groups formed in response to other terrorist attacks
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Physical Description:xvi, 48 pages
ISBN:9780833041432
9786611430306
661143030X
0833041436
1281430307
9781281430304