Daniel Byman has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is A High Price.
A High Price
Summary
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasser Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention to the grinding and painful struggle during the second intifada. Israel's debacles in Lebanon against groups like the Lebanese Hizballah are examined in-depth, as is the country's problematic response to Jewish terrorist groups that have struck at Arabs and Israelis seeking peace. In surveying Israel's response to terror, the author points to the coups of shadowy Israeli intelligence services, the much-emulated use of defensive measures such as sky marshals on airplanes, and the role of controversial techniques such as targeted killings and the security barrier that separates Israel from Palestinian areas. Equally instructive are the shortcomings that have undermined Israel's counterterrorism goals, including a disregard for long-term planning and a failure to recognize the long-term political repercussions of counterterrorism tactics.
©2011 Daniel Byman (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Homeward Bound?
Summary
ISIS' army has attracted a stream of Western volunteers, but there is no reason to panic about their return home. Some may come back as terrorists, but the danger has been exaggerated, and the United States and the EU know how to handle such problems.
©2014 Foreign Affairs (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Trump's Surge in Afghanistan
Summary
The United States is best off keeping a residual force in Afghanistan—but not escalating, as President Donald Trump plans to do."Trump's Surge in Afghanistan" is from foreignaffairs.com, published on September 18, 2017.
©2016 Foreign Affairs (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
Should We Treat Domestic Terrorists the Way We Treat ISIS?
Summary
What if the U.S. government treated domestic extremist groups as it treats Americans suspected of being involved with jihadist organizations like ISIS?"Should We Treat Domestic Terrorists the Way We Treat ISIS?" is from foreignaffairs.com, published on October 3, 2017.
©2016 Foreign Affairs (P)2016 Audible, Inc.