Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
Contents
The apocalyptic face-off -- Apocalyptic violence -- Century of excess -- Aum Shinrikyo : the threshold crossed -- Bin Laden and al-Qaeda : "I envision Saladin coming out of the clouds" -- The terrorist dynamic -- A superpower's "War on terrorism" -- Apocalyptic America -- Superpower vulnerability -- Americans as survivors -- Stages of response -- Fluid world control -- Stepping out of the syndrome.
