Confronting Al Qaeda

Author : Martha L. Cottam
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442264861
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting al Qaeda written by Martha L. Cottam and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on in-depth interviews with tribal Sheiks involved in the Awakening and their American military counterparts, Confronting al Qaeda is a study of decision-making processes and the political psychology of the Sunni Awakening in al Anbar. It traces the change in American military strategy that made the Awakening collaboration between the Sunni tribes and the U.S. forces possible. It explains how the evolution of the tribal leaders’ perspective and of the American military strategy led to defeat al Qaeda in al Anbar. The process of these changing mutual images is detailed as well as how the cooperation between groups led to further evolution of perceptions. Political and military realities urgently forced these perceptual and social identity shifts initially, but the process of cooperation and engagement accelerated these shifts through increasingly mutually beneficial cooperation and interaction during the battle with al Qaeda in Iraq.

Author : Kevin McGrath
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612510337
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting the Chaos written by Kevin McGrath and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Qaeda killed over 3,000 US citizens on September 11, 2001, and terrorism leapt to the fore of US strategic and political priorities. Yet, after nearly six years of concentrated effort by the United States, the dominant power in the international system, Al Qaeda survives and is still acknowledged as a potent threat. This begs the question not just of why, but also of what the United States can do to redress the situation. Confronting Al-Qaeda asserts that Al-Qaeda is primarily a political threat, not a military one. This is because terrorists subvert legitimate political processes to achieve political ends. Al-Qaeda challenges not only specific U.S. policy decisions, but also the very nature of the U.S. political system and the U.S.-lead international order created after World War II. Therefore the character of the U.S. political response to the threat from Al-Qaeda is critical. Al-Qaeda’s capacity for violence is the direct source of its power. This must be reduced, and coercive means, such as the military, intelligence, and law enforcement, are necessary, for they alone directly degrade Al-Qaeda’s potential. A singularly coercive approach, however, is insufficient. As the leader of the international system, the United States is in a position to politically undercut Al-Qaeda. The United States can do so by adhering to globally revered traditional US political values and foreign policy.

Author : Marc Sageman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437927742
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting Al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond written by Marc Sageman and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a better understanding of the threat confronting our homeland security in order to ¿disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat al Qaeda and its allies.¿ Sageman conducted a comprehensive survey of all the al Qaeda plots in the West, all the al Qaeda affiliate plots in the West and all the plots done ¿in the name of al Qaeda¿ in the West since the formation of al Qaeda in August 1988. The global neo-jihadi terrorist threat includes plots under the control of al Qaeda core; al Qaeda affiliates like the Algerian Groupes Islamiques Armes, Pakistani Lashkar e-Toyba, the Uzbek Islamic Jihad Union, the Pakistani Tehrik e-Taliban Pakista; and threats by autonomous groups inspired by al Qaeda like the Dutch Hofstad group. Graphs.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting Al-Qaeda written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yemen written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Phil Gurski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442255625
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Threat From Within written by Phil Gurski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Threat From Within examines what drives Al Qaeda-inspired radicalization to violence, how to detect it, and how to confront it. The chapters discuss behaviors and ideologies that are observable and tangible in radicalized individuals or those on the path to violent radicalization. These behaviors are drawn from a variety of cases, such as planning acts of terrorism, traveling to join terrorist groups, or participating in violent jihadi conflict outside the country. The main case study is Canada, and each chapter features many examples that range from Ted Kaczynski (the “Unabomber”) and Anders Brevik in Norway to Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Damian Clairmont, a Canadian citizen who died fighting in Syria. The text begins by introducing general concepts, such as terrorism, extremism, and radicalization, before presenting contributing factors to those embracing political violence. A comprehensive list of behavioral indicators that someone is becoming a violent extremist is provided, followed by a look at what is being done to confront this threat as well as what could be done.

Author : Rick David Nelson
Publisher : CSIS Reports
ISBN 13 : 9780892066674
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting an Uncertain Threat written by Rick David Nelson and published by CSIS Reports. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Qaeda and associated movements (AQAM) have become an increasingly diffuse security threat. Although the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands may have represented the epicenter of global terrorism in the past decade, al Qaeda's various regional affiliates are growing in prominence. The past several years also have seen a rise in al Qaeda-inspired plots by small cells or unaffiliated individuals based in the West. This flattening and expansion of al Qaeda's global scope, both physically and virtually, has complicated U.S. and international efforts to combat global terrorism. Counterterrorism professionals work tirelessly to confront existing threats. But the need to focus on today's exigencies, combined with officials' limited resources for alternative and long-range planning, means that governments tend to pursue reactive, rather than anticipatory, policies and strategies vis-à-vis terrorism. Containing, if not defeating, AQAM will require that policymakers and practitioners shape a global environment that is inhospitable to terrorism. Doing this, in turn, necessitates a better understanding of where and how future AQAM threats are likely to emerge. This report seeks to help fill this need for anticipatory knowledge and assist in the development of improved counterterrorism policies and strategy.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting Al-Qaeda written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Maroof Raza
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670083690
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confronting Terrorism written by M. Maroof Raza and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The attacks on Mumbai on 26 November 2008 brought home to Indians the full horror of terrorism. It also brought home, quite literally, the change in the contemporary face of war. War today is no longer confined to battle fields; it is right here. How is India equipped to deal with this menace which has been described as an 'ultramodern, and a very traditional, conspiracy'? In this collection of essays, nine eminent experts-strategic analysts and military historians-examine, among other issues, the capacity of India's police and paramilitary forces to deal with well-equipped, meticulously planned terror attacks, the army's ability to transform its 'reactive mode' to a more proactive approach and the complex dynamics of the nuclear terror threat. And, the big question, if elements within the Pakistani establishment are involved in the threat to India, what is the most effective way for the Indian state to respond? This collection illuminates one of the most burning issues facing Indians today.

Author : Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231126921
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Al Qaeda written by Rohan Gunaratna and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the leadership, ideology, tactics, and finances of Al Qaeda, discusses how the organization trains fighters, and outlines the international response that will be necessary to destroy the organization.