Title:
Terrorism and counterterrorism : understanding the new security environment : readings & interpretations / [edited by] Russell D. Howard, Reid L. Sawyer ; foreword by Barry R. McCaffrey.
Author:
Howard, Russell D.
Sawyer, Reid L.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Defining the threat. Terrorism defined. Defining terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- The dimensions of terrorism and counterterrorism / Paul R. Pillar -- Terrorism : theirs and ours / Eqbal Ahmad. Why terrorism? The logic of terrorism : terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice / Martha Crenshaw -- Global rebels : terrorist organizations as trans-national actors / Louise E. Richardson. The new terrorism model. Understanding Al Qaeda's application of the new terrorism : the key to victory in the current campaign / Russell D. Howard -- Networks, netwar, and information-age terrorism / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini -- Countering complexity : an analytical framework to guide counter-terrorism policy / Brent Ellis. Religion. Terrorism in the name of religion / Magnus Ranstorp -- The logic of religious violence / Mark Juergensmeyer -- All God's poisons : re-evaluating the threat of religious terrorism with respect to non-conventional weapons.
Weapons of mass destruction. Getting and using the weapons / Jessica Stern -- Toward biological security / Christopher F. Chyba -- The bioterrorist threat in the United States / Richard F. Pilch. The threat of other forms of terrorism. Narcotics, terrorism, and international crime : the convergence phenomenon / Barry R. McCaffrey and John A. Basso -- The logic of suicide terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and IT : cyberterrorism and terrorist organizations online / Maura Conway -- White ethnonationalist and political Islamist methods of fundraising and propaganda on the Internet / Madeleine Gruen -- Terrorism in the genomic age / John Ellis. Countering the terrorist threat. The challenges of terrorism. Fear itself : counterterrorism, individual rights, and U.S. foreign relations post 9-11 / Laura K. Donahue -- A nasty business / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and just war doctrine / Anthony Clark Arend -- NBC-armed rogues : is there a moral case for preemption? / Brad Roberts.
Strategies and approaches for combating terrorism. Soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Richard K. Betts -- Bin Laden's war / James S. Robbins -- The real intelligence failure on 9/11 and the case for a doctrine of striking first / Richard H. Shultz and Andreas Vogt -- The struggle against terrorism : grand strategy, strategy, and tactics / Barry R. Posen -- Deterring mass-casualty terrorism / Wyn Q. Bowen. Organizing to fight terrorism. Counterterrorism policy and the political process / Martha Crenshaw -- Fixing intelligence / Richard K. Betts -- Combating terrorism : with a helmet or a badge? / Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- The limits of military power / Rob de Wijk -- Business versus terror / David J. Rothkopf -- Appendix A : Background information on designated foreign terrorist organizations -- Appendix B : Significant terrorist incidents, 1961-2001.
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,
Publication Place:
Guilford, Conn. :
ISBN:
0072873019
9780072873016
Subject:
Terrorism.
Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
National security -- United States.
Terrorism
Terrorisme.
Terrorisme -- �Etats-Unis -- Pr�evention.
Terrorisme -- Pr�evention -- Politique gouvernementale -- �Etats-Unis.
S�ecurit�e nationale -- �Etats-Unis.
terrorism.
89.58 political violence.
National security.
Terrorism.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy.
Terrorisme.
Preventie.
United States of America.
Terrorism.
National security.
International politics.
International relations.
United States.
Edition:
Rev. and updated.
Contents:
Defining the threat. Terrorism defined. Defining terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- The dimensions of terrorism and counterterrorism / Paul R. Pillar -- Terrorism : theirs and ours / Eqbal Ahmad. Why terrorism? The logic of terrorism : terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice / Martha Crenshaw -- Global rebels : terrorist organizations as trans-national actors / Louise E. Richardson. The new terrorism model. Understanding Al Qaeda's application of the new terrorism : the key to victory in the current campaign / Russell D. Howard -- Networks, netwar, and information-age terrorism / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini -- Countering complexity : an analytical framework to guide counter-terrorism policy / Brent Ellis. Religion. Terrorism in the name of religion / Magnus Ranstorp -- The logic of religious violence / Mark Juergensmeyer -- All God's poisons : re-evaluating the threat of religious terrorism with respect to non-conventional weapons.
Weapons of mass destruction. Getting and using the weapons / Jessica Stern -- Toward biological security / Christopher F. Chyba -- The bioterrorist threat in the United States / Richard F. Pilch. The threat of other forms of terrorism. Narcotics, terrorism, and international crime : the convergence phenomenon / Barry R. McCaffrey and John A. Basso -- The logic of suicide terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and IT : cyberterrorism and terrorist organizations online / Maura Conway -- White ethnonationalist and political Islamist methods of fundraising and propaganda on the Internet / Madeleine Gruen -- Terrorism in the genomic age / John Ellis. Countering the terrorist threat. The challenges of terrorism. Fear itself : counterterrorism, individual rights, and U.S. foreign relations post 9-11 / Laura K. Donahue -- A nasty business / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and just war doctrine / Anthony Clark Arend -- NBC-armed rogues : is there a moral case for preemption? / Brad Roberts.
Strategies and approaches for combating terrorism. Soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Richard K. Betts -- Bin Laden's war / James S. Robbins -- The real intelligence failure on 9/11 and the case for a doctrine of striking first / Richard H. Shultz and Andreas Vogt -- The struggle against terrorism : grand strategy, strategy, and tactics / Barry R. Posen -- Deterring mass-casualty terrorism / Wyn Q. Bowen. Organizing to fight terrorism. Counterterrorism policy and the political process / Martha Crenshaw -- Fixing intelligence / Richard K. Betts -- Combating terrorism : with a helmet or a badge? / Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- The limits of military power / Rob de Wijk -- Business versus terror / David J. Rothkopf -- Appendix A : Background information on designated foreign terrorist organizations -- Appendix B : Significant terrorist incidents, 1961-2001.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 544 pages : illustrations ;
Electronic Location:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh031/2002106286.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh024/2002106286.html
Publication Date:
�2004.