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If we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. This is the argument of Alan Krueger's What Makes a Terrorist, a book that explains why our tactics in the fight against terrorism must be based on more than anecdote, intuition, and speculation. Many popular ideas about terrorists and why they seek to harm us are fueled by falsehoods, misinformation, and fearmongering. Many believe that poverty and lack of education breed terrorism, despite the wealth of evidence showing that most terrorists come from middle-class, and often college-educated, backgrounds.

In a career spanning decades, Mitchell B. Reiss has been at the center of some of America's most sensitive diplomatic negotiations. He is internationally recognized for his negotiation efforts to forge peace in Northern Ireland and to stem the nuclear crisis in North Korea. In Negotiating with Evil, Reiss distills his experience to answer two questions more vital today than ever: Should we talk to terrorists?

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla Strage di via Fani. L'ispettore Rossi decide di vederci chiaro e di cominciare a indagare, senza lasciarsi spaventare dalle prevedibili difficoltà che lo attendono. Riportando così sotto i riflettori una pista troppo spesso lasciata in ombra da Procure, Commissioni parlamentari e media.