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1 online resource (502 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Shipping list no.: 2008-0454-P. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Admiral Stansfield Turner -- Introduction / Jeffrry H. Norvitz -- History and Armed Groups -- Pirates, Vikings, and Teutonic Knights / Peter T. Underwood -- The Italian Red Brigades (1969-1984): Political Revolution and Threats to the State / Paul J. Smith -- Armed Conflict in Cambodia and the UN Response / Carole Garrison -- Armed Groups and Diplomacy: East Timor's FRETILIN Guerrillas / Gene Christy -- Adapting to a Changing Environment-The Irish Republican Army as an Armed Group / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Pseudo Operations - A Double-Edged Sword of Counterinsurgency / Theodore L. Gatchel -- Present Context and Environment -- The Threat to the Maritime Domain: How Real Is the Terrorist Threat? / Rohan Gunaratna -- Armed Groups and the Law / Craig H. Allen -- Globalization and the Transformation of Armed Groups / Querine H. Hanlon -- Is It Possible to Deter Armed Groups? / Yosef Kuperwasser / Sanctuary: The Geopolitics of Terrorism and Insurgency / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Small Wars Are Local: Debunking Current Assumptions about Countering Small Armed Groups / Peter Curry -- Piracy and the Exploitation of Sanctuary / Maltin N. Murphy -- Domestic Terrorism: Forgotten, But Not Gone / Edward J. Valla and Gregory Comcowich -- The Threat of Armed Street Gangs in America / Edward J. Maggio -- Prosecuting Homegrown Extremists: Case Study of the Virginia "Paintball Jihad" Cell / Steven Emerson -- Religion as Inspiration -- Armed with the Power of Religion: Not Just a War of Ideas / Pauletta Otis -- Arming for Armageddon: Myths and Motivations of Violence in American Christian Apocalypticism / Timothy J. Demy -- Glory in Defeat and Other Islamist Ideologies / Mehrdad Mozayyan -- Thinking Differently about Armed Groups -- The Erosion of Constraints in Armed-Group Warfare: Bloody Tactics and Vulnerable Targets / Andrea J. Dew -- Knowledge Transfer and Shared Learning among Armed Groups / James J. F. Forest -- The "Memory of War": Tribes and the Legitimate Use of Force in Iraq / Montgomery McFate -- Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Tyrant or Guardian? / Derek S. Reveron and Jeffrey Stevenson Murer -- Disrupting and Influencing Leaders of Armed Groups / Elena Mastors and Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- Armed Groups through the Lens of Anthropology / David W. Kriebel -- The Shape of Things to Come -- Children on the Battlefield: The Breakdown of Moral Norms / P. W. Singer -- The "New Silk Road" of Terrorism and Organized Crime: The Key to Countering the Terror-Crime Nexus / Russell D. Howard and Colleen M. Traughber -- Shari'a Financing and the Corning Ummah / Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen -- Terrorism as an International Security Problem / Martha Crenshaw -- Takin' It to the Streets: Hydra Networks, Chaos Strategies, and the "New" Asymmetry / P. H. Liotta -- Virtual Sanctuary Enables Global Insurgency / Richard Shultz -- Armed Groups: Changing the Rules / T. X. Hammes -- Appendix: United Nations Guidelines on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups / United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Case studies.
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Case studies.
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Terrorists -- Case studies.
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Political violence -- Case studies.
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Guerrilla warfare -- Case studies.
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Counterinsurgency -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Norwitz, Jeffrey H., editor.
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Naval War College (U.S.), issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Armed groups : studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency. Newport, Rhode Island : U.S. Naval War College, [2008?] xxvi, 475 pages ; 24 cm 9781884733529 (OCoLC)ocn225533264 (DLC)10904177 |
| ISBN |
9781884733529 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1884733522 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781935352266 (electronic bk.) |
| Gpo Item No. |
0408-A-01 |
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