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| + | |description="Expert" catapulted into media prominence as a terrorism expert during the Reagan years. | ||
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| + | |birth_date=May 12, 1935 | ||
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| + | '''Robert Harris Kupperman''' was an American government official and academic, and a leading expert on [[terrorism]]. | ||
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| + | [[Edward S. Herman]], In an article available on Wikispooks (see: [[Document:Robert Kupperman, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry]]), pointed out that "the same factors that made Kupperman an authentic expert for the mass media also assured that he would work strictly within the bounds of the Western model of terrorism." | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
| + | During his years working for the US government he served as director of the transition team for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as executive director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and finally at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, where he helped President Nixon in creating the Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism. This first interagency study of foreign and domestic terrorism was created in response to the [[Black September (group)|Black September]] terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the [[1972 Munich Olympic Games]]. | ||
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| + | After he left the public sector, Kupperman joined the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] as an advisor and authored several books, most notably ''Strategic Requirements for the Army to the Year 2000'' (Lexington Books, 1984) and ''Final Warning: Averting Disaster in the New Age of Terrorism'', which he co-wrote with journalist [[Jeff Kamen]] (Doubleday, 1989) | ||
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| Born | May 12, 1935 | |||||||||||
| Died | November 24, 2006 (Age 71) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||
| Interests | “terrorism” | |||||||||||
"Expert" catapulted into media prominence as a terrorism expert during the Reagan years.
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Robert Harris Kupperman was an American government official and academic, and a leading expert on terrorism.
Edward S. Herman, In an article available on Wikispooks (see: Document:Robert Kupperman, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry), pointed out that "the same factors that made Kupperman an authentic expert for the mass media also assured that he would work strictly within the bounds of the Western model of terrorism."
Career
During his years working for the US government he served as director of the transition team for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as executive director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and finally at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, where he helped President Nixon in creating the Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism. This first interagency study of foreign and domestic terrorism was created in response to the Black September terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
After he left the public sector, Kupperman joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as an advisor and authored several books, most notably Strategic Requirements for the Army to the Year 2000 (Lexington Books, 1984) and Final Warning: Averting Disaster in the New Age of Terrorism, which he co-wrote with journalist Jeff Kamen (Doubleday, 1989)
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Robert Kupperman, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry | book extract | 1990 | Edward Herman |
