One family's response to terrorism : a daughter's memoir /

One family's response to terrorism : a daughter's memoir /

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"A stunning portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics and of the moral choices required in seeking justice."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Van de Ven, Susan Kerr
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008
Edition:	1st ed
Series:	Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Subjects:	Kerr, Malcolm H Van de Ven, Susan Kerr American University of Beirut > Presidents > Biography American University of Beirut Since 1945 Americans > Middle East > Biography Arab-Israeli conflict College presidents > Lebanon > Beirut > Biography Terrorism > Lebanon > Case studies Victims of terrorism > Lebanon > Biography Americans BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure College presidents HISTORY > Middle East > General Politics and government Presidents SOCIAL SCIENCE > General Terrorism Victims of terrorism Middle East > Politics and government > 1945- Lebanon Lebanon > Beirut Middle East Electronic books Biographies Case studies

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Foreword / Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Breaking apart
First reactions
The antiterrorism and effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
The decision to take legal action
Knock, and the door shall be opened
Words remembered
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index