About the Book: Monsters to Destroy : Understanding the War on Terror
Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents,
firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S.
continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In
Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the
U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global
energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered
protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of
energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However,