The ethics and efficacy of the global war on terrorism: fighting terror with terror

Introduction: applied ethics, human security, and the War of Terrorism / John A. Arnaldi

Part I. Understanding Ethical Challenges in the War on Terrorism: Overview / Charles P. Webel and John A. Arnaldi; 1. The evil scourge of terrorism: reality, construction, remedy / Noam Chomsky; 2. The "ethics" of terror and terrorism / Charles Webel; 3. Who becomes a terrorist today? / Scott Atran

Part II. Applying Ethics to the War on Terrorism: Overview / Charles P. Webel and John A. Arnaldi; 4. Moral personhood, human security, and the War on Terrorism / Laurie Calhoun; 5. Degradation of the rule of law in response to terrorism: a failed approach / William A. Cohn; 6. Acts of omission in the "War on Terrorism" / Jørgen Johansen

Part III. Winning the Public Relations War: Journalism as a Weapon: Overview / Charles P. Webel and John J. Arnaldi; 7. Framing the War on Terror: the internalization of policy in the U.S. Press / Stephen D. Reese and Seth C. Lewis; 8. In whose interest?: ethics in journalism and the War on Terrorism / John A. Arnaldi; 9. Home from Iraq: journalist urges Americans to search for truth and freedom / Molly Bingham

Part IV: Examining the Dark Side of the War on Terror: Overview / Charles P. Webel and John J. Arnaldi; 10. Squaring the error / Michael German; 11. The liberal ideology of torture: a critical examination of the American case / Lisa Hajjar; 12. Unethical alliance?: the United States, Pakistan, and the "War on Terrorism" / Cris Toffolo; 13. The agent / Mark Arax

Conclusion: the war of the world? is there a viable nonviolent alternative to the global War on Terrorism? / Charles P. Webel

Appendix: Eight steps toward ending the global clash of terrorisms and initiating a process of understanding and reconciliation.