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_____________________________________ ________________________________________________ _ _____ __ _ _ ____ _ ________ -- ______ 1 1> GERMS Uudith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, 2001, William Broad, Simon & Schuster) With an ominious planned publication date of September 11, 2001, these three New York journalists present the past 50 years of research on biological and chemical weapons. 2> TALmAN: MILITANT ISLAM, OIL AND FUNDAMEN- TALISM Ahmed Rashid, 2000, Yale University Press A Pakistani journalist who has covered Afghanistan for the past twenty years, Rashid presents his intimate knowledge of the Taliban in an engaging yet trou- bling account of the group. 3> BIN LADEN: THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA Youseff Bodansky, 2001, Random House Bodansky, a former Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, has written six books on US defense policy and for- eign affairs. He traces bin Laden's life from his early days in his family 's Saudi Arabian construction business to how he came to lead a movement waging jihad against the United States. 4> THE NEW JACKALS: RAMZI YOUSEF, OSAMA BIN LADEN AND THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM Simon Reeve, 2001, Northeastern University Press A biography of the world's most notorious terrorists. 5> LIVING TERRORS: WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW Michael Osterholm, Ph.D and John Schwartz, 2000, Knopf One of the nation's leading experts on bioterrorism, the author offers hypo- thetical scenarios for biological attack, and also presents a seven-point plan for dealing with the threat. 6> GOD HAS NINETY-NINE NAMES: REPORTING FROM A MILITANT MIDDLE EAST Judith Miller, 1996, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster Judith Miller was a Middle East correspondent for the New York Times since 1977, and Cairo bureau chief from 1983 to 1986. This comprehensive survey of militant I slam covers ten Middle Eastern nations and provides a complete pic- ture for Western readers in outlining the threats to the region's stability. -74----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 I