Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn Book

The Washington Times
"One of the benefits of reading Leonard A. Cole's Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn is learning about Israel's approach to homeland security and the lessons that can help America better protect its citizens. For Israel, terrorist incidents are a weekly occurrence, even though most are thwarted. But due to the effectiveness of the government's response, stress and anxiety are, as Mr. Cole writes, 'overshadowed by determined resilience.'"

"Mr. Cole, an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University and author of a highly regarded book on the 2001 anthrax letters, is a frequent visitor to Israel as part of his job with a New Jersey Jewish community organization. This has afforded him contact and friendship with Israeli emergency management experts, which forms the basis for the insights contained in this book...Of special relevance is Mr. Cole's discussion of 'terror medicine' and disaster management, a distinctly Israeli innovation that integrates the medical management of a terrorist incident with knowledge about the spectrum of injuries that are unique to terror victims..."

"This well written, extensively researched and comprehensive book also examines other topics, such as the impact of terrorist incidents on the survivors and their families and differences between the Israeli and American approaches to mandating preparedness for and the management of a disaster incident. There is also coverage of exchange programs between Israeli and American emergency response counterparts, including an initiative to establish an International Center for Terror Medicine (ICTM), so that 'terror medicine' can also inform U.S. efforts in this area. "

Mr. Cole's book is essential reading for all those involved in homeland security preparedness." -- 6/24/2007