Defeating Terrorism : Shaping the New Security Environment, Trade Edition
by Howard, Russell D.; Sawyer, Reid L.; Downing, Wayne A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-11-24
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
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Summary
Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security Environment: Readings and Interpretations presents original contributions by leading scholars and professionals in the terrorism field, written especially for this book. No other book currently on the market presents this cutting-edge thinking on ways to fight and win the war against terrorism. Chapters include: comprehensive strategies to combat terrorism; combating regional terrorist movements; countering weapons of mass destructions (WMD) threats; countering more recently developed terrorism tactics and weapons; military, intelligence, special operations, business and government responses to terrorism; and countering or removing the causes of terrorism.Trade Edition
Table of Contents
Wayne Downing, Foreword
Russell D. Howard, Preface
Rohan Gunaratna, "Defeating Al Qaeda—The Pioneering Vanguard of the Islamic Movements", Presented at the Fortieth Annual U.S. Military Academy Senior Conference, West Point, New York, 2003
Audrey Kurth Cronin, "Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism", International Security vol 27, no. 3 (Winter 2002/2003), 30–58
Michael J. Meese and Patrick D. Buckley, "The Financial Front in the Global War on Terrorism,Written for this volume (2003)
Robert Mandel, "Fighting Fire with Fire: Privatizing Counterterrorism", Presented at the Fortieth Annual U.S. Military Academy Senior Conference, West Point, New York, 2003
James S. Robbins, "Defeating Networked Terrorism",Presented at the Fortieth Annual U.S. Military Academy Senior Conference, West Point, New York, 2003
Michael Eastman and Robert Brown, "Security Strategy in the Gray zone: Alternatives for Preventing WMD Handoff to Non-State Actors",Written for this volume, 2003
Bruce Hoffman, "The Logic of Suicide Terrorism",Atlantic Monthly, June 2003
Kelly J. Hicks, "How Business Can Defeat Terrorism: Global Financial Firms Battle the SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong", Presented at the Fortieth Annual U.S. Military Academy Senior Conference, West Point, New York, 2003
Russell D. Howard, "Preemptive Military Doctrine: No Other Choice Against Transnational Non-State Actors",Written for this volume, 2003
Brian Michael Jenkins, "Countering Al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy"RAND Corporation, 2002
Wayne Downing, The Global War on Terrorism: Focusing the National Strategy",Written for this volume, 2003
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