Assessing the War on Terror : Western and Middle Eastern perspectives / edited by Charles Webel and Mark Tomass.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Framing and assessing the War on Terror / Mark Thomas -- The evil scourge of terrorism / Noam Chomsky -- The complex relationship between peacebuilding and terrorism approaches: towards post-terrorism and a post-liberal peace? / Oliver P. Richmond and Joannis Tellidis -- Trauma and the city: the psychology of America's terrorism trauma / Sarton Weinraub -- Hearing from the victims of terror-inflicted regions / Mark Tomass -- The Syrian tragedy: the role of the West, a government insider's account / Bouthaina Shaaban -- Iraq: a victim of terror and the War on Terror / Anwar Said Al-Haidari.

The ideological origins of ISIS: fighting terror with common sense / Mark Tomass -- Winning the hearts and minds of the Pukhtuns of Afghanistan and Northwest Pakistan with altruism, public health and development, not by terrorism and counterterrorism / Sher Mohammed Khan -- Calculating the costs of the War on Terror / Mark Tomass -- The global war on terrorism: how ethical and effective? / Charles P. Webel and John A. Arnaldi -- Led astray: legal and moral blowback from the global War on Terror / William A. Cohn -- Terror from above and within: the hidden cultural and political costs of lethal drones / Laurie Calhoun -- Analyzing, negotiating with, and ending terror groups / Mark Tomass.

A dialogue on why Western youth are attracted to ISIS / Scott Atran and Mark Tomass -- Negotiating with the Taliban: not war on terrorism, but dialogue for solutions / Johan Galtung -- A tale of two CTs: a ground-level counterinsurgency perspective on Belgian counter-terrorism measures / Casey Douglas Carr -- The 'war on terrorism': what does it mean to win? / Audrey Kurth Cronin -- Conclusion / Charles Webel.