Global War On Terror: Shadow Of Fear Or Ray Of Hope

The Global War on Terror has not been able to achieve its primary aim of eliminating terrorists and their organizations; on the contrary the terrorists have grown in strength and geographic spread making the world more insecure today before 9/11 attacks. The author examines the various aspects of terrorism and contends that this state is due to the wrong premises on which the strategy was based to combat terror.

BRIG. M.M. ZAKI served as a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University where he was the Director Centre for Strategic Studies. After retirement he taught a course at the International Relations Department at San Francisco State University, USA. Under the auspices of Military Affairs Series(FSSS)