Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. The Terrorist Scourge Chapter 3 2. Birthing Modern Terror Chapter 4 3. Tradecraft: Targets, Tactics, and Tools Chapter 5 4. Collecting Cash and Recruits Chapter 6 5. Al-Qaeda: Terror Central Chapter 7 6. Terror Hot Spots Chapter 8 7. Global Terror, Inc. Chapter 9 8. Tackling Terrorism Chapter 10 9. Spreading Super Weapons Chapter 11 10. Mushroom Clouds and Missiles Chapter 12 11. Gas and Bugs Chapter 13 12. Specter of Superterrorism Chapter 14 13. Preventing Proliferation Chapter 15 14. Iran: Mullahs of Mayhem Chapter 16 15. North Korea: Nukes "R" Us Chapter 17 16. Syria: Behaving Badly Chapter 18 17. Rolling Back Rogues Chapter 19 Conclusion

About the Author

Peter Brookes is a senior fellow for National Security Affairs and Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. He also has a weekly column on foreign policy and defense issues for the New York Post. He has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Office of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and was a Republican staffer on the House Committee on International Relations. Brookes also served as an Intelligence Officer with the CIAOs Directorate of Operations and worked on international economic issues for the State Department at the United Nations. His military background included active duty in Iraq/Kuwait (Desert Storm); Haiti (Restore Democracy); and Bosnia (Joint Endeavor). He flew reconnaissance missions in East Asia and the Persian Gulf while stationed in Japan covering military matters related to the Soviet Union, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Iran, and Iraq. While serving in Panama, he worked Latin American and Caribbean counter-narcotics and issues related to insurgencies/counter-insurgencies in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Brookes is also a Commander in the Naval Reserves and is assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he serves as an Associated Professor in the Masters-level Postgraduate Intelligence Program at the Joint Military Intelligence College. He has also performed reserve assignments as a staff officer, defense attachZ, intelligence analyst and collector, and interpreter/translator with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, unified and specified commands, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Naval Intelligence, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Vice President and in support of the National Security Council. His military decorations include: the Joint Service Commendation Medal; the Navy Commendation Medal; the Navy Achievement Medal; several naval and joint unit awards; the Defense Language InstituteOs Kellogg Award; the Joint Chiefs of Staff service badge; and Naval Aviation Observer wings. Brookes is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy; the Defense Language Institute; the Naval War College; Georgetown University; and the Johns Hopkins University. In January 2006 he was named to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Reviews

A Devil's Triangle is a valuable read for anyone wanting to understand the emerging threats to American national security—terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and rogue states. With an insider's resume, Brookes has written an insightful book that makes sense of the complex, global security environment we face today, and explains what to do about it.
*William Bennett, Former United States Secretary of Education*

Here at last is the book we needed, but—preferring peaceful sleep—didn't want [to read.] Peter Brookes brings his considerable experience in national defense and intelligence to describe the vast threat the civilized world faces from rogue states, outlaw regimes and terrorist groups [who have increasing access to ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction.] He reminds us that 9/11 was only the beginning of a prolonged war that will test our national will and determine whether we have a future to fashion. Never has it mattered more that we understand the scope of these dangerous new challenges, nor a book more timely and necessary to that understanding.
*Kathleen Parker*

Of all the essays, books, and treatises on the new world order of 'Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Rogue States,' Peter Brooke's A Devil's Triangle is by far the best. He not only presents a cogent guide for understanding this dangerous new environment but he offers solutions to the only nation who can lead the world's battle for survival. A must read.
*Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)*

A field manual for 21st century survival. Brookes, a Heritage Foundation foreign-policy analyst, has produced a comprehensive, highly readable and fact-filled summary of the threats that confront America and the West.
*New York Post*

This book will scare you to death—but you must read it. Peter Brookes paints a frightening picture of the evil over which America must triumph—and will, if policy makers are smart enough to follow his advice.
*Linda Chavez, author, syndicated columnist, and chairwoman for the Center for Equal Opportunity*