The one percent doctrine : deep inside America's pursuit of its enemies since 9-11 / Ron Suskind

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006Description: 367 pISBN:
  • 0743271092 (hbk) :
  • 9780743295680 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: The doctrine of the title is ascribed to U.S. vice president Dick Cheney. In the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks he said that even if there was only a 1 per cent chance of it being correct any report that terrorists had acquired WMD capabilities was to be treated as a certainty. The book considers how the policy has been acted on and what impact it has had on American foreign policy and counter terrorism activities.
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The doctrine of the title is ascribed to U.S. vice president Dick Cheney. In the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks he said that even if there was only a 1 per cent chance of it being correct any report that terrorists had acquired WMD capabilities was to be treated as a certainty. The book considers how the policy has been acted on and what impact it has had on American foreign policy and counter terrorism activities.

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