Book Notes
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002234338201900308 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Book
Notes
Mickolus,
Edward
F.,
1980.
The
Literature
of
Terrorism.
A
Selectively
Annotated
Biblio-
graphy.
Westpost,
Connecticut,
Greenwood
Press,
5 5
3 pp.
This
bibliography
lists
3890
publications
that
deal
with
terrorism.
Since
the
literature
is
large,
dispersed
and
unorganized,
an
extensive
biblio-
graphy
is
bound
to
be
of
value
to
the
researcher,
whatever
its
weaknesses
might
be.
This
volume
appears
to
be
a
collection
of
items
the
author
has
encountered
during
his
work
as
an
Intelli-
gence
Analyst,
supplemented
with
unread
refer-
ences
found
in
other
bibliographies.
Materials
in
English
predominate,
state
terrorism
is
very
much
played
down,
though
not
completely
ex-
cluded,
the
selection
of
items
is
often
arbitrary,
and
the
annotations
are
biased
and
appear
at
random.
Merlean-Ponty’s
classical
study
of
hu-
manism
and
terror
did
not
deserve
any
com-
ment,
and
Fals
Borda’s
major
work
on
the
Colombian
violencia
is
left
out.
There
are
30
publications
on
the
Uruguayan
Tupamaros,
and
1
on
Chile
after
the
fall
of
Allende.
The
book
’has
been
reviewed
by
the
Central
Intelligence
Agency’s
Publications
Review
Board
to
assist
(the
author)
in
avoiding
the
unauthorized
disclo-
sure
of
classified
information.’
devolpi,
A.
et
al.,
1981.
Born
Secret.
The
H-
Bomb,
the
Progressive
Case,
and
National
Secu-
rity.
New
York
etc.,
Pergamon
Press,
305
p.,
$17.50.
The
case
fo
the
H-bomb
article
in
The
Progres-
sive
seemed
to
pose
the
ultimate
test
for
first
amendment
hardliners:
was
freedom
of
expres-
sion
worth
the
risk
of
a
proliferation
of
fusion
technology?
The
issue
was
never
met
head-on
by
the
US
Supreme
Court
because
the
govern-
ment’s
case
collapsed
when
equivalent
informa-
tion
was
published
by
another
magazine.
The
four
authors
are
nuclear
physicists
and
became
involved
in
the
case
for
the
defense.
They
had
mixed
emotions
when
they
became
involved,
but
eventually
developed
a
conviction
that
the
information
gathered
for
the
Progressive’s
artic-
le
was
not
a
threat
to
national
security.
They
conclude
that
a
non-proliferation
strategy
based
on
secrecy
and
technology
denial
is
futile
in
achieving
its
main
object
as
well
as
a
menace
to
free
discussion.
’Proliferation
is
primarily
fueled
by
the
arms
race
between
the
superpowers,
not
by
the
availability
of
information.’
They
call
for
a
streamlining
of
the
policies
on
national
securi-
ty
information
and
particularly
of
the
Atomic
Energy
Act,
which
has
laid
the
foundation
for
the
doctrine
of
data
’born
secret’ -
a
doctrine
that
the
US
government
is
now
trying
to
extend
to
other
fields
of
knowledge.
Besides
providing
an
interesting
history
of
the
case
and
a
survey
of
the
legal
argument,
the
four
authors
have
also
provided
a
better
guide
to
understanding
the
principles
of
H-bomb
design
than
the
original
article
in
The
Progressive.
Catudal,
Honor6
M.,
1980.
Kennedy
and
the
Berlin
Wall
Crisis.
A
Case
Study
in
US
Deci-
sion-Making.
Berlin,
Berling
Verlag,
358
pp.
Catudal
examines
in
detail
the
decision
of
Presi-
dent
Kennedy
not
to
intervene
in
the
closing
of
the
border
between
East
and
West
Berlin
on
August
13,
1961.
He
finds
this
decision
to
be
shaped
largely
by
a ’rational
actor’,
who
decided
in
advance
that
while
the
German
problems
provided
several
issues
on
which
the
US
might
go
to
war,
the
issue
of
free
accress
between
the
two
Berlins
was
not
one
of
them.
He
discounts
alternative
interpretations
such
as
viewing
the
Wall
as
an
intelligence
failure.
The
US
did
not
realize
in
advance
that
a
Wall
would
be
built,
but
it
came
as
no
surprise
that
the
East
Germans
were
determined
to
put
a
halt
to
the
flow
of
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