Internet Resources
Books
Periodicals
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America's War on Terrorism
Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Dedicated
to ending the worldwide arms race. Provides information and analysis of emerging
security policy.
Available at:
http://www.fas.org/terrorism/index.html
Center on Terrorism & Irregular
Warfare
Naval Postgraduate School Library Available at:
http://www.nps.navy.mil/ctiw/
Combating Terrorism Center at West
Point
CTC
Sentinel
->monthly online journal devoted to understanding and confronting contemporary threats posed by
terrorism, insurgency and other forms of political violence.
Available at:
http://ctc.usma.edu/default.asp
Conflict 21: Center for
Terrorism Studies Available at:
http://c21.maxwell.af.mil/cts-home.htm
Counterterrorism at the National Academies
The National Academies. Advisors to the nation on
Science, Engineering, Medicine.
Available at:
http://www.nationalacademies.org/counterterrorism/
CDI
Center for Defense Information. Major think tank that conducts security
related research. Serves as an authoritative, impartial monitor of global
security issues, while continuing to meet the increasing worldwide demand for
information and independent ideas.
Available at: http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=39
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency. The Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible
for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers.
COIN 2006 (Army/Marine
Counterinsurgency Manual )
This field manual/Marine Corps reference publication (FM/MCRP)
establishes doctrine (fundamental principles) for military
operations in a counterinsurgency environment. It is based on
lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and relevant
combat operations. It is also based on existing interim doctrine,
and doctrine recently developed
Combating Terrorism Center
West Point
CSIS
Center for Strategic & International
Studies. A nonpartisan organization dedicated to providing world
leaders with strategic insights on, and policy solutions to, current
and emerging global issues. Focus is on developing national and
international public policy by assessing political risk, analyzing
regional affairs, monitoring international security and stability,
identifying longer range consequences of current practices and
policies.
Available at:
http://www.csis.org/
Country Reports on
Terrorism U.S. State Dept.
U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to
provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete
report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups
meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is
entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the
report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns
of Global Terrorism. U.S. law requires the Secretary of State
to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete
report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups
meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is
entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the
report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns
of Global Terrorism.
Available at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/
Defend
America
U.S. Department of Defense News About the War on Terrorism.
Available at: http://www.defendamerica.mil
ERRI
Counter-Terrorism Archive
Emergency Response & Research Institute.
A summary of world-wide terrorism events, groups, and terrorist strategies and
tactics. Available at:
http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm
FirstGov.gov
The U.S. government's Official Web Portal. Search
for terrorism/counterterrorism in search box for Federal and State information.
Available at:
http://firstgov.gov/
General
Security Risk Assessment
ASIS International (ASIS) 2003
Available at:
http://www.asisonline.org/guidelines/guidelinesgsra.pdf
Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
Available at:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cps-terr.htm
Homeland
Security
Joint Publication 3-26, Joint Electronic Library. 2
August 2005.
This publication provides joint doctrine to guide the Armed Forces in the
conduct of homeland security operations. It
describes the homeland security framework, mission areas, missions and related
supporting operations and enabling activities. It also discusses legal
authorities; joint force, multinational, and
interagency relationships; command and control; planning and execution; and
training and resource considerations.
Available at:
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_26.pdf
Homeland
Security Digital Library
Available
at: http://www.hsdl.org/
International Policy
Institute for Counter-Terrorism
A research institute and think tank
dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international
terrorism. Seeks international cooperation in the struggle against terrorism,
terrorist networks and states sponsoring terrorism.
Available at:
http://www.ict.org.il
Lessons
Learned Information Sharing
[LLIS]
system is a national knowledge base of lessons learned and best practices
serving the emergency responder community. Available at: http://www.llis.gov/ Register
for password.
The Management of Savagery
Available at:
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/naji.asp
MIPT: The National
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
Located in Oklahoma City,
MIPT is dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge to help prevent
terrorism and mitigate its effects.
Available at:
http://www.mipt.org/
MIPT
Terrorism Knowledge Base
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
A comprehensive databank of global terrorist incidents and organizations.
Hosted by the folks at MIPT, this is a joint effort with DHS, DFI, Rand and
NPT. Available at: http://www.tkb.org/Home.jsp
This already highly useful site has now incorporated the ability to search the
National
Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
and
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to
the attacks.
Available at: http://www.9-11commission.gov/
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
In August 2004, the President established the
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to serve as the primary organization
in the United States Government (USG) for integrating and analyzing all
intelligence pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism (CT) and to
conduct strategic operational planning by integrating all instruments of
national power. In December 2004, Congress codified the NCTC in the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) and placed the NCTC
in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Located at the
Liberty Crossing Building in Northern Virginia, the NCTC is a multi-agency
organization dedicated to eliminating the terrorist threat to US interests
at home and abroad.
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US National Counterterrorism
Center 2008 Counterterrorism Calendar
The
US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present an interactive
version of the 2008 Counterterrorism Calendar. This version of the Calendar
contains many features across the full range of terrorism-related issues:
terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various
threat-related issues. The Calendar timeline marks dates according to the
Gregorian and Islamic calendars, and contains significant dates in terrorism
history as well as dates that terrorists may believe are important when
planning “commemoration-style” attacks.
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Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
The Worldwide Incidents Tracking System is the National
Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents.
National Defense University
Military Policy Awareness Links. (MiPAL)
Available at:
http://merln.ndu.edu/index.cfm?secID=150&pageID=3&type=section
National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism
"This updated strategy sets the course for winning the War on Terror. It
builds directly from the National Security Strategy issued in March 2006 as
well as the February 2003 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, and
incorporates our increased understanding of the enemy."
Available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nsct/2006
NTI : Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Nuclear Threat Initiative is
working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical
weapons and is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn.
Available at:
http://nti.org/
Rand
Reports
Available at:
http://www.rand.org
Responder
Knowledge Base
National
knowledge base of equipment-related information serving the emergency
responder community.
Available at:
http://www.rkb.mipt.org/ Register
for password.
Response to Terrorism link
(International Information Programs:
International Security)
Available at:
http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism.html
Stealing Al-Qaida's Playbook
Available at:
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/Stealing%20Al-Qai%27da%27s%20Playbook%20--%20CTC.pdf
Strategic
Studies Institute
Produced by Army War College. U.S. Army's institute for geostrategic and national
security research and analysis. Search for "terrorism".
Available at:
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/list.cfm?topic=terrorism
Terrorism
Naval Postgraduate School Library
Available at:
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/terrorism.htm
Terrorism
and Homeland Security
Documents Available Online.
Available at:
http://www.rand.org/publications/electronic/terrorism.html
Terrorism and
Security Collection
Free online books on Terrorism and Security,
Cybersecurity, Microbial Threats and Emerging Infections, Military Strategy
and Technology, Aviation Security.
Available at: http://www.nap.edu/collections/terror/index.html
Terrorism: Background and
Threat Assessments Available at:
http://fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm
Terrorism: Q &
A
Produced by the Council on Foreign Relations. A nonpartisan center
dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individuals can better
understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States
and other governments. Publishes Foreign Affairs.
Available at:
http://www.cfrterrorism.org/home/
Terrorism: What's Coming, The Mutating Threat
Senior
Fellows Report
Edited by James O. Ellis III
MIPT Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
USAF Counterproliferation Center
Air War College Gateway. Maxwell AFB, AL.
Available at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-cps.htm
Uniformed
Services University of Health Sciences
A
division of US military internal medicine with extensive listing of bioterrorism
links.
Available at: www.usuhs.mil/med/milmedgoalsbio.htm
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
Available
at:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp
U.S. Department of State - Counterterrorism Office
Coordinates all U.S. Government
efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments.
Develops, coordinates, and implements American counterterrorism policy.
Available at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/
U.S. Department of
State - Major State Dept. Publications
Includes regional and country reports on economics, human rights, terrorism
and other significant topics
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Counterterrorism
Available at:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html
United
States Institute of Peace
An independent, nonpartisan federal
institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and
peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism
links. Available at:
http://www.usip.org/library/topics/terrorism.html
War
on Terrorism (and) Counterterrorism
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).
Available at:
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/waronterrorhome.htm
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Books:
The accidental guerrilla : fighting small wars in the midst of a big one.
Kilcullen, David.Oxford ; New
York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Kilcullen, adviser on counterinsurgency to General Petraeus, defines
accidental guerrillas as locals fighting primarily because outsiders (often
Westerners) are intruding into their physical and cultural space, but they
may also be galvanized by high-tech, internationally oriented ideologues.
This interaction of two kinds of nonstate opponents renders both traditional
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency inadequate. Kilcullen uses
Afghanistan and Iraq as primary case studies for a new kind of war that
relies on an ability to provoke Western powers into protracted, exhausting,
expensive interventions.
U240 .K49 2009
Iraq's Sunni insurgency
Hashim, Ahmed.Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge for the International Institute for
Strategic Studies, 2009. From 2003 to 2008, the Sunni Arab insurgency in
Iraq posed a key challenge to political stability in the country and to
Coalition objectives there. This paper explains the onset, composition and
evolution of this insurgency. It begins by addressing both its immediate and
deeper sociopolitical origins, and goes on to examine the multiple
ideological strands within the insurgency and their often conflicting
methods and goals.
U162 .A3 NO.402 2008
Post-September 11 Afghanistan-Pakistan relations :
prospects for counter-insurgency cooperation
Sinno, Abdulkader H., Seattle, Wash.
(1215 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle 98161-1011) : National Bureau of
Asian Research, c2008.
Achieve counter-insurgency cooperation in Afghanistan by resolving the
Indo-Pakistani rivalry / Abdulkader H. Sinno -- Afghanistan and Pakistan:
difficult neighbors / Rasul Bakhsh Rais.
DS501.5 .N385 2008 19:4
Insurgency, terrorism, and crime : shadows from the
past and portents for the future.
Manwaring, Max G. Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
Drawing lessons for U.S. and global security from seven case studies of
"asymmetric wars," Manwaring (military strategy, U.S. Army War College)
analyzes the changing nature of war. He describes the mission,
political-historical context, organizational stages, strategic
characteristics, and implications of insurgency groups including Al Qaeda,
the Bolivian Liberation Front, the Uruguayan Tupamaros, and transnational
criminal gangs. To counter such groups, he prescribes a paradigm change
calling for a unified civil-military approach and transformation of the
armed forces. Edwin G. Corr, who served as U.S. ambassador to several
Latin-American nations, introduces and summarizes the book-- which builds on
Manwaring's ideas in Gray Area Phenomena: Confronting the New World Disorder
(1993).
U163 .M2688 2008
Fighting the war of ideas like a real war : messages
to defeat the terrorists.
Waller, J. Michael.
Washington, DC : Institute of World Politics Press, 2007. An innovative
re-examination of how the US and its allies should fight the battle of
ideas. This book focuses on message strategies that the US should pursue for
the immediate term to win the war against Islamist extremism. The author is
a professor at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC, who
directs a graduate program on public diplomacy and political warfare. His
students include officials from the Defense Department, State Department,
CIA, FBI, DIA, and other agencies.
HV6431 .W14 2007
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps counterinsurgency field
manual : U.S. Army field manual no. 3-24 : Marine Corps warfighting
publication no. 3-33.5
United States. Dept. of the Army.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
In 1943, as part of its global World War II deployments, the United States
stationed troops in Iraq. The brief handbook issued then, and now offered in
facsimile, shows the army apprising troops of what to expect in Iraq and
sketches its ethnic and religious makeup. Its primary purpose was to foster
caution in interacting with a complex society with which Americans were
unfamiliar. Sixty years later, the U.S. Army returned to Iraq, this time to
defeat the Iraqi armed forces and assist in installing a new regime. The
defeat of the Iraqi forces was quick and thorough, but the creation of a new
political order was not. Faced with an insurgency in the wake of the
conventional campaign, the United States floundered, hoping that it could
translate its conventional superiority into success against an enemy that
fought an unconventional war. The new Counterinsurgency Field Manual
attempts to offer a formula for success. Its basis is that counterinsurgency
warfare is a political struggle that has a military component, rather than a
strictly military campaign. Counterinsurgency war is a struggle for
legitimacy; the host government and its American allies must provide
security and at least basic services in order to earn the population's
confidence. The insurgents need merely to undermine the government by
whatever means they can. The currently operative manual explains that
American service personnel must be able quickly and precisely to calibrate
their actions to a given situation. Ironically, our armed forces today find
themselves needing the type of cultural sensitivity that was considered an
obvious ingredient for success in 1943. It is likely that the new field
manual will be in use for some time, and that the World War II instructions
will often be cited as a comparison to it.
U241 .U79 2007
Countering terrorism and insurgency in the 21st
century : international perspectives
Forest, James J. F. Westport,
Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007
This three-volume collection edited by Forest (director, Terrorism Studies,
United States Military Academy, West Point; editor, Teaching Terror:
Strategic and Tactical Learning in the Terrorist World) gathers together
dozens of experts, military and academic, on the topic of global terrorism.
Forest has written a preface and introduction to each volume. In effect,
contributors' essays answer such questions from Forest as "What do we know
about effectively countering terrorism?", "What are the characteristics of
successful or unsuccessful counterterrorism campaigns?", and "What do we
need to learn in order to better handle this threat?" Forest notes that
terrorism has been around for hundreds of years and that the ability of
terrorists to adapt to the changing international environment, use
technology, and maintain lines of communication helps them remain viable. He
recognizes that no single method will be successful in eradicating terrorism
but advocates that nations themselves adapt by using not just greater
technology but greater international communication and cooperation.
REF HV6431 .C69183 2007 (3 Vol.)
Fighting the War on Terror : a counterinsurgency
strategy
Corum, James. St. Paul, Minn.
: Zenith Press, c2007.
A clear-headed, historically grounded strategy for fighting and defeating
the greatest threat facing America today: "non-state" enemies such as
insurgents and terrorists.
U241 .C685 2007
Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century
Edited by Dr. James JF Forest. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International,
June 2007
REF HV6431 .C9183 2007 (3 vol.s)
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War of Terror.
Richard A. Clarke. New York: Free Press, 2004. 304p.
Clarke, advisor to presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush,
Clinton, and George W. Bush, dissects each man's approach to terrorism. The
book begins with the Reagan administration, who failed to retaliate against
the 1982 Beirut bombings, fueling the perception around the world that the US
was vulnerable to such attacks. Terrorism becomes a growing but largely
ignored threat under the first President Bush, whom Clarke cites for his
failure to eliminate Saddam Hussein, thereby necessitating a continued
American presence in Saudi Arabia that further inflamed anti-American
sentiment. Clinton, according to Clarke, understood the gravity of the
situation and became increasingly obsessed with stopping Al-Qaeda. He had
developed workable plans but was hamstrung by political infighting and the sex
scandal that led to his impeachment. But George W. Bush and his advisers,
Clarke says, didn't get it before 9/11 and they didn't get it after, failing
to take terrorism and Al-Qaeda seriously.
HV6432 .C53 2004 CSRT
The Age of Sacred Terror.
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon.
New York: Random House, 2002. 490p.
Two former directors of the White House’s
counter-terrorism program offer the definitive book on radical Islam’s war
against America, from its earliest origins.
Authors argue that Osama bin Laden is not the root of terrorist evil
but merely a branch.
HV6433 .M5 B46 2002 CSRT
Al-Qaeda : Casting a Shadow of Terror.
Jason Burke. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2003.
292p.
Award-winning reporter Jason Burke shows how the threat from
Islamic terrorism comes not from a single criminal mastermind, or even from
one group. In this revealing account, he characterizes it is a broad
movement with profound roots in the politics, societies and history of the
Islamic world. Using hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents,
Burke shows how "Al-Qaeda" is a convenient label applied misleadingly to a
diverse, disorganized global movement dedicated to fighting a "cosmic
battle" with the West. This is the definitive account of the mysterious
organization, retelling its story from scratch and challenging many myths
that threaten the very foundations of the "War on Terror."
HV6431 .B87 2003
The Al-Qaeda Documents.
Alexandria, VA: Tempest Pub. & IntelCenter, 2003. 390p.
Consists of court documents released in cases during 2001
and 2002 that involve either al-Qaeda or its affiliates. Testimony of Ahmed
Ressam is of particular note, recounting his experience at al-Qaeda training
camps in Afghanistan.
HV6431 .A48 2003 Vol. 1-3 CSRT
Al Qaeda Now : Understanding
Today's Terrorists.
Karen J. Greenberg. NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005. 257p.
A valuable synopsis of current knowledge on this terrorist group
and the policies in place to counter threats of future attacks. The articles
contribute to understanding how Al Qaeda has evolved from a movement to an
ideology, what influence it has on Middle East stability and what continued
threat it is to the United States, Europe, and other areas of the world.
HV6432.5 .Q2 Q34 2005
Al Qaeda : The True Story of Radical Islam.
Jason Burke. NY : I.B. Tauris, 2004. 356p.
Award-winning reporter Jason Burke shows how the threat from
Islamic terrorism comes not from a single criminal mastermind, or even from
one group. In this revealing account, he characterizes it is a broad
movement with profound roots in the politics, societies and history of the
Islamic world. Using hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents,
Burke shows how "Al-Qaeda" is a convenient label applied misleadingly to a
diverse, disorganized global movement dedicated to fighting a "cosmic
battle" with the West. This is the definitive account of the mysterious
organization, retelling its story from scratch and challenging many myths
that threaten the very foundations of the "War on Terror."
HV6431 .B87 2004
Al Qaeda Training Manual.
Philadelphia ; New York : Pavilion Press, Inc., 2006. 145p.
The attached manual was located by the Manchester (England)
Metropolitan Police during a search of an Al Qaeda member's home. The manual
was found in a computer file described as "the military series" related to
the "Declaration of Jihad." The manual was translated into English and was
introduced earlier this year at the embassy bombing trial in New York.
HV6431 .A47 2006
Allah's Torch.
Tracy Dahlby. New York : William Morrow, c2005.
307p.
One night in 2000, veteran journalist Tracy Dahlby blundered on
board an Indonesian passenger ship carrying six hundred Islamic warriors on
an anti-Christian holy war. Once a fabled destination for European
merchants, the Spice Islands had become the bull's-eye for jihadis looking
to transport their destructive passions into a sprawling, porous, virtually
lawless region. In October 2003, similar passions hit the resort island of
Bali, where nightclub bombings killed 202 people, mainly foreign tourists.
An exhilarating reporting adventure, Allah's Torch illuminates an exotic
corner of the globe, revealing both its inescapable charms and pockets of
Islamic rage that, as the repeat attack on Bali in late 2005 chillingly
illustrates, pose an ongoing threat to global stability and America's vital
interests.
HV6433 .I5 D34 2005
Alms for Jihad.
J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. Cambridge ; New York
: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
348p.
The authors of this book examine the charities involved, their
financial intermediaries, and the terrorist organizations themselves. What
they discover is that money from these charities has funded conflicts across
the world, from the early days in Afghanistan when the mujahideen (Muslim
warriors) fought the Soviets, to subsequent terrorist activities in Central
Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Palestine, and, most recently, in Europe and
the United States. This ground-breaking book is the first to piece together,
from a vast array of sources, the secret and complex financial systems that
support terror.
HV435 .B87 2006
American Jihad: the Terrorists Living Among Us.
New York: Free Press, c2003. 285p.
A self-made expert on Islamic terrorism. For more than 10
years, Emerson has studied groups that operate in the U.S. for the express
purpose of funding and managing deadly organizations. Emerson shows how the
Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has grown an extensive network in the United
States, how the group Islamic Jihad set up shop at the University of South
Florida, and how an Islamic center in Tucson helped recruit two of Osama bin
Laden's top deputies. He also provides circumstantial evidence that bin Laden
himself once applied for an American visa--"even the possibility is
tantalizing, and chilling," he concludes.
HV6432 .E44 2003 CSRT
American the Vulnerable: How Our Government is
Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism.
Stephen Flynn. New York: HarperCollins, c2004. 234p.
Despite increased awareness, we still offer our enemies a vast menu
of soft targets: water and food supplies: chemical plants; energy grids and
pipelines; bridges, tunnels and ports; cargo containers. Author offers a
practical plan for achieving security in a way that is safe and smart,
effective and manageable.
HV6432 .F58 2004
American Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign
Policy.
Ivo H. Daalder & James M. Lindsay. Washington, D.C. : Brookings
Institution, c2003.
264p.
Hailing President George W. Bush as the architect of a
radical new foreign policy, the authors are clearly impressed with America's
recent display of muscle. They do not, however, acknowledge critics who
claim the Bush revolution may merely be a recycling of failed doctrines of
colonialism and interventionism. Still, though most contemporary analysts
credit the president's advisors with designing current foreign-policy
practices, Daalder and Lindsay insist that Bush himself is in charge. If we
have become a lone-wolf nation, it is because of his belief that an
unfettered and aggressive America is both secure and capable of altering the
international status quo for the better. After outlining the nuances of this
new nationalist strategy, its challenges, rewards, and risks are analyzed in
detail, providing foreign-policy wonks with plenty of material for debate.
E902 .D23 2003
Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East:
a Documentary Reader.
Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin (ed). New York: Oxford
University Press, Inc. 392p.
Presents a wide range of texts, including writings by
Islamist Sayyid Qutb (on preparing for jihad), Osama bin Laden (1966
declaration of war against “Zionist-crusaders alliance”) and his close
associate Aymam al-Zawahiri (“Why Attack America”).
HV6431 .A566 2002
Aptitude
for Destruction.
Volume
1: Organizational Learning in Terrorists Groups and Its Implications for
Combating Terrorism.
Brian
A. Jackson.
Santa
Monica, CA: RAND, 2005.
84p.
Better ways are needed to understand how terrorist groups become more
effective and dangerous. Learning is the link between what a group wants to do
and its ability to actually do it; therefore, a better understanding of group
learning might contribute to the design of better measures for combating
terrorism. This study analyzes current understanding of group learning and the
factors that influence it and outlines a framework that should be useful in
present analytical efforts and for identifying areas requiring further study.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG331/index.html
Volume
2: Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups.
Available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG332/index.html
HV6431
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2005
Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
The
Art & Science of Money Laundering: Inside the Commerce of the
International Narcotics Traffickers.
Brett F. Woods. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1998. 199p.
The money laundering phenomenon; its international dimensions with
analysis by country; recommendations of the G-7 Financial Task Force on Money Laundering.
HV6768 .W65 1998
CSRT
Asian
Security Handbook: Terrorism and the New Security Environment.
William
M. Carpenter and David G. Wiencek, editors.
Armonk, NY:
M.E.
Sharpe,
2005.
365p.
Provides
an
authoritative assessment of the challenges, both existing and new as well as
traditional and nontraditional, that confront the Asian security environment
today.
The twenty-three country studies offer rich insights to questions
about the complex political, economic and security concerns those nations have
to address, and in doing so, the difficult policy choices they make.
UA830 .A842 2005
Assessing
America's War on Terror: Confronting Insurgency, Cementing Primacy.
Ashley
J. Tellis.
Seattle:
National
Bureau of Asian Research,
2004. 100p.
Offers
a distinctive perspective of U.S. foreign policy at the intersection of two
interlocking challenges: the prosecution of the war on terrorism and the
maintenance of U.S. preeminence.
DS501.5
.N385 2004 v.15 no.4
Attacking
Terrorism : Elements of a Grand Strategy.
Audrey
K. Cronin and James M. Ludes.
Washington,
D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2004.
320p.
This
book
brings together some of the world's finest experts, people who have made the
study of this rising menace their life's work, to provide a comprehensive
picture of the challenges and opportunities of the campaign against
international terrorism. Part one, "The Nature of Terrorism," provides
an overview and foundation for the current campaign, placing it within the
political and historical context of previous threats and responses. Part two,
"The Responses to Terrorism," looks at the range of policy instruments
required in an effective strategy against terrorism. The contributors touch on aspects of counterterrorism such as diplomacy,
intelligence and counterintelligence, psycho-political means, international
law, criminal law enforcement, military force, foreign aid, and homeland
security, showing not only how these tools are currently being employed but
how often they are being underutilized as well.
HV6432
.A88 2004
Avoiding Armageddon.
Martin Schram. New York: Basic Books, 2003. 356p.
Companion book to a PBS series that details the threats facing the U.S. today -
from nuclear, chemical and biological attack and from terrorism - and outlines possible solutions.
The centerpiece of the section on terrorism is an informative series of interviews with
Rohan Gunaratna, an expert on al-Qaeda. Gunaratna notably singles out terrorist propaganda
as a powerful fund-raising and recruitment tool that must be
dismantled if the war on terror is
to succeed. The final section of the book outlines solutions aimed at addressing the poverty
and political unrest around the world that fosters terrorism and other potential threats.
JZ5675 .S37 2003 CSRT (Also available in DVD and VHS)
Battling
Terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
Robert I. Rotberg. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute Press, 2005. 210p.
Examines the state of governance in the countries of the greater Horn of
Africa region -- Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and
Yemen -- and discusses strategies to combat the transnational threat of
terrorism, including suggestions for more effective U.S. engagement in the
region.
HV6433
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CSRT
Battling
Terrorism : Legal Perspectives on the Use of Force and the War on Terror. Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto.
Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub., Co., 2005
. 209p. Examines the
use of force in the war on terror. The work is based on the central theme
that the use of force is visibly enrolled in a process of change and it
evaluates this within the framework of the uncertainty and indeterminacy of
the UN Charter regime.
KZ6374 .M36 2005
Beating International Terrorism: an Action
Strategy for Preemption
and Punishment.
Stephen Sloan. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University, AU Press;
[Washington, DC: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US G.P.O., 1986] 66p.
Proposes a bold new approach to the problem of terrorism, including the involvement of the
U.s. military in preemptive operations. Revised edition proposes a more stringent and long-term
approach involving information warfare, special operations capability and international
cooperation. Author feels our reaction to terrorism is still reactive.
Revised edition available at:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/Books/Sloan/Sloan.pdf
HV6431.S558 1986
Beneath
the Surface: Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace for Counterterrorism.
Troy S. Thomas. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic Intelligence
Research, Joint Military Intelligence College, 2004. 267p.
Countering terrorists, evaluating capabilities, battlespace effects,
anticipating actions; beyond terrorism. Provides an entirely new means by which
to think about the problem of terrorism. Examines the threat not only from
physical and social perspectives, but in terms of information and cognitive
warfare.
HV6431
.J6 T36 2004
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Maritime Security in the
Asia-Pacific.
Phil Joshua Ho & Catherine Z. Raymond. Singapore:
World Scientific: Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, c2005.
294p.
Brings together in a single volume international
experts renowned in their specializations to discuss issues and current
trends relating to maritime security. It looks at the issue of maritime
security in the Asia-Pacific through a three step approach. First it surveys
both the global maritime outlook and the outlook in each of the regions of
Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. From these regional
perspectives, trends in commercial shipping and force modernization, and
issues like the weapons proliferation and maritime terrorism are discussed.
After looking at the maritime environment, the specific challenges that the
maritime community faces are examined. These challenges include maritime
boundary and territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the force
modernization of three Northeast Asian navies, and the specter of maritime
terrorism. The volume concludes by looking at some new initiatives for
maritime cooperation, a survey of maritime "regime" building, and the legal
and political implications of the proliferation security initiative.
JZ1980 .B4 2005
Blood From Stones: the Secret Financial Network of Terror.
Douglas Farah. NY: Broadway Books, 2004. 225p.
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush froze all
terrorist assets in traditional financial institutions and money channels. But
Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have long followed a diversification
strategy that has rendered this crackdown almost useless. Book uncovers
the interlocking web of commodities, underground transfer systems, charities,
and sympathetic bankers that support terrorist activities throughout the
world.
HV6433 .A358 F37 2004 CSRT
Bounding the Global War on Terrorism.
Jeffrey Record. [Carlisle Barracks, PA]: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War
College, 2003. 56p.
Author believes the
war on terrorism -- as opposed to the campaign against al-Qaeda -- lacks
strategic clarity, embraces unrealistic objectives, and may not be sustainable
over the long haul. He calls for downsizing the scope of the war on terrorism
to reflect concrete U.S. security interests and the limits of U.S. military
power. Also available at:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB207.pdf
HV6432
.R436 2003
The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop it.
John Miller. New York: Hyperion, 2002. 336p.
While
acknowledging that the 9/11 attack may have been unpreventable, the authors
explain why bureaucratic and political shortcomings led to the FBI and CIA's
failure to uncover the plot, and raises concern as to why so many warnings
went unheeded.
HV6432
.M54 2002 CSRT
The Challenge of Biological Terrorism.
Anthony H. Cordesman. Washington D.C. : CSIS, 2005. 208p.
The politics and ideology of terrorism have removed
past limits on the levels of violence that terrorists are willing to use.
Captured al Qaeda records clearly show that Islamic extremists have an
interest in acquiring biological weapons. Still, the fact that a threat
exists does not define its probability. With this study, Anthony Cordesman
seeks to provide a credible risk assessment of biological terrorism.
HV6433.35 C67 2005
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of
World Order.
Samuel P. Huntington. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 367p.
This incisive exploration of the conflicts that have erupted since the
fall of communism offers a provocative portrait of a future world driven not
by ideologies or economics, but by ethnicity, religion, and other cultural
forces. The thesis is that the "clashes of civilizations are the greatest
threat to world peace." The second chapter focuses on the nature and study
of civilizations, and the last chapter focuses on the future of the West and
other "core" civilizations.
D860 .H86 1996 CSRT
Coalitions
Between Terrorist Organizations: Revolutionaries, Nationalists and Islamists.
Ely Karmon. Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005. 425p.
This
volume proposes some theories on the conditions that favor the formation of
coalitions between terrorist organizations, and how they function within the
changing international system. These theories are tested against empirical
data on actual cooperation between European and Palestinian terrorist
organizations from 1968 to 1990, and cooperation between European left-wing
terrorist organizations (the phenomenon known as Euro-terrorism) from 1984 to
1988. These findings form the basis of a broader theory concerning cooperation
and coalitions between organizations involved in international terrorism.
Finally, an attempt is made to verify whether the new terrorist players driven
by religious motivation, will imitate the behavior of the ideological or
nationalist organizations, and to test whether the theories concerning
cooperation and coalitions developed in this volume apply to the new reality.
HV6432
.K37 2005
Cold
Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World.
Stewart Bell. Etobicoke, Ont: Wiley, 2004. 243p.
While Canada
is officially an ally in the war on global terror, over the past two decades,
the country has allowed itself to become a center of world terrorism, a place
where violent radicals raise money, buy weapons, recruit operatives, plan
attacks and spread their hateful ideologies.
HV6433 .C2 B45 2004 CSRT
Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century
Edited by Dr. James JF Forest. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International,
June 2007
REF HV6431 .C9183 2007 (3 vol.s)
Conflict and Terrorism in Southern Thailand.
Rohan Gunaratna.
Singapore: Marshal Cavendish Academic, 2005. 209p.
Unlike the Cold War era, regional conflicts today have profound
international implications. With internal displacement and refugee flows,
most armed conflicts assume regional and international dimensions. With
time, most become intractable. Therefore, it is imperative to resolve
conflict in its formative phase.
DS588 .T49 G86 2005
Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature.
David Cook. New York: Syracuse University Press, 2005. 272p.
Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of
classical and contemporary Islam, this is the first scholarly work to cover
the disparate but influential body of modern writings in this area. David
Cook puts the literature in context by examining not only the ideological
concerns prompting apocalyptic material but also its interconnection with the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Arab relations with the United States and other
Western nations, and the role of violence in the Middle East. Islam began as
an apocalyptic movement, Cook suggest, and has retained strong apocalyptic
and messianic elements. One of his most striking discoveries is the influence
of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic beliefs. In a
trenchant discussion of the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary
Muslim apocalyptic writing, he traces anti-Semitic strains in Islamist
thought in part to Western texts and traditions. Much of the importance of
this work-which draws on primary Arabic texts never before studied-lies in
its political content. Through a meticulous reading of current documents,
incorporating everything from exegesis of holy texts to supernatural
phenomena, Cook shows how radical Muslims, including members of al-Qa'ida,
may have applied these ideas to their own agendas. By exposing the
undergrowth of popular beliefs contributing to religion-driven terrorism,
this book casts new light on today's political conflicts.
BP166.8 .C65 2005 CSRT
Coping With 9-11: Asian Perspectives on global and
Regional Order.
Han Sung-Joo. Tokyo; NY: Japan Center for International Exchange, 2003.
133p.
This volume looks at the implications of the September 11 terrorist
attacks for Asia Pacific regional and global order. Six chapters collect
Asian perspectives on how the world and the region should be managed because
of, or in spite of, the events of September 11. A chapter on the Islam
factor presents the views of Asian Muslims, assesses the role of
"politicized Islam, " and outlines the challenges the attacks pose for
Islamic countries in Asia Pacific. The second chapter, covering the
implications for international institutions, considers regional institution
building. The third notes the significant change in relations among China,
Russia, Japan, and the United States. The three chapters on Indonesia,
China, and Japan examine options on the U.S. led war on terrorism, the
domestic debates in each country, and the significant differences between
public opinion and governmental policy.
HV6432 .C67 2003
Counter-terrorism and the Use of Force in International Law.
Michael N. Schmitt. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, 2002. 98p. The
Marshall Center Papers, No. 5.
Explores the legality of the attacks against al-Qaeda and the Taliban under the jus
ad bellum, that component of international law that governs when it is
that a State may resort to force as an instrument of national policy. Also
available at:
http://www.marshallcenter.org/site-graphic/lang-en/page-pubs-index-1/static/xdocs/coll/static/mcpapers/mc-paper_5-en.pdf
HV6432 .S35 2002
Countering Al-Qaeda: an Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy.
Brian Michael Jenkins. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002. 30p.
Reviews events since
the attacks of 9/11. Discusses the current state of the al-Qaeda organization
and the kinds of actions that can be expected of it in the foreseeable future.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1620/index.html
HV6432.7 .J46 2002
Countering the New Terrorism.
Ian O. Lesser. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1999. 153p.
Traces the evolution of international terrorism against civilian and U.S. military
targets, looks ahead to where terrorism is going, and assesses how it might be
contained. Terrorism and counterterrorism are placed in strategic perspective,
including how terrorism might be applied as an asymmetric strategy by
less-capable adversaries.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR989/index.html
UG633 .C687 1999
Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam:
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife.
John A. Nagl. Westpoint, CN: Praeger, 2002. 249p.
Explains how armies learn from conflicts for which they were initially unprepared by
comparing the development of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice in the
Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) with that developed in the Vietnam Conflict
(1950-1975).
DS597 .N27 2002 CSRT
Counter Insurgency Reader
Military Review 2006 203 p.
This volume compliments the Army/Marine Corps field manual on
counterinsurgency operations. As the new doctrine explains, the
conduct of counterinsurgency operations is a "graduate level"
endeavor, full of paradoxes and challenges and different in many
ways from conventional military combat.
Available at:
http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/CAC/milreview/English/CAC-COINFILES/COINREADER_WEB.pdf
Counterterrorism: A Reference Handbook.
Graeme C.S. Steven & Rohan Gunaratna. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio,
2004. 293p.
Outlines the threat of terrorism and ways to combat
it. This extensive examination surveys a wide range of diverse terrorist
groups from the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) to Al Qaeda. It shows
how key trends and patterns in domestic and international terrorism such as
suicide bombings require counter strategies and tactics including surveillance
and reconnaissance. Case studies of terrorist organizations in Europe,
Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, and profiles of
terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohommad, alias Mokhtar (The Brain), who
masterminded the Al Qaeda attack on 9/11, illustrate the growing network of
groups and leaders harnessing the forces of globalization. The authors suggest
that no single state can act effectively on its own to confront
terrorism--instead, a wide range of strategies needs to be adopted by all.
HV6431 .S744 2004 CSRT
Deadly Connections : States that Sponsor Terrorism.
Daniel Byman. Cambridge; NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005. 369
Thousands of people have died at the hands of
terrorist groups who rely on state support for their activities. Iran and
Libya are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while other countries, some
with strong connections to the west, have enabled terrorist activity by
turning a blind eye. Focusing primarily on sponsors from the Middle East and
South Asia, it examines the different types of support that states provide,
their motivations, and the impact of such sponsorship. The book also
considers regimes that allow terrorists to raise money and recruit without
providing active support. The experiences of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Syria, Saudi Arabia and Libya are detailed here, alongside the histories of
radical groups such as al-Qaida, Hizbullah and Hamas. In conclusion, the
book assesses the difficulties of forcing sponsors to cut ties with
terrorist groups.
HV6431 .B96 2005
Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security Environment.
Russell D. Howard and Reid L. Sawyer. Guilford, CN: McGraw-Hill, 2002. 176P
Discusses Islamic
terrorist movements, global financing, and how businesses and military
intervention can combat terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, cyberterrorism
and SARS.
HV6432 .D435 2004 CSRT
Defeating Terrorism: Strategic Issue Analysis.
John R. Martin. [Carlisle Barracks, PA]: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2002. 111p.
Within a few days of the terrorist
attacks of 9/11 the U.S. Army War College initiated a series of short studies
addressing strategic issues in the war on terrorism. This collection of essays
were designed to provide senior Army leadership with context, information and
policy options as they made strategic decisions in the earliest days of the
war.
Also available at:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB273.pdf
U413 .A66 M17 2002
Destroying the World to Save it: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global
Terrorism.
Rort Jay Lifton. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2000. 376p.
Since the earliest moments of recorded history, prophets and gurus have foretold the
world's end, but only in the nuclear age has it been possible for a
megalomaniac guru with a world-ending vision to bring his prophecy to pass.
Lifton offers a vivid and disturbing case in point in this chilling
exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese cult that released sarin nerve gas
in the Tokyo subways.
After studying the history of Aum Shinrikyo, the author believes them to be only one
group in a "loosely connected, still-developing global subculture of apocalyptic violence.
"
BP605 .O88 L54 1999 CSRT
Deterrence
& Influence in Counterterrorism: a Component in the War on al-Qaeda.
Paul K. Davis. Santa Monica, CA:
Rand, 2002. 86p.
It may not be possible to deter fanatical terrorists, but members of terrorist
systems may be amenable to influence. The
U.S. counterterrorism strategy should include political warfare, placing at
risk those things the terrorists hold dear, a credible threat of force against
states or groups that support acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, and
maintaining cooperation with other nations engaged in the war on terror.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1619/index.html HV6431 .D3 2002
Dirty Dealing: the Untold Truth about Global Money
Laundering, International Crime and Terrorism.
Peter Lilley. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page,
2003.
Highly
organized gangs, from the Italian Mafia to the Japanese Yakuza, infiltrate
every corner of the globe and money laundering is at the heart of their
business. Lilley reveals how the money is obtained, how it is
"washed" and how organizations can detect and prevent money
laundering. Appendixes provide a country-by-country guide to specific local
issues, types of crime and legislation, and a directory of websites offering
further information on money laundering and related issues.
HV6768 .L55 2003 CSRT
Dissuading Terror: Strategic Influence and the
Struggle Against Terrorism.
Kim Cragin & Scott Gerwehr. Santa
Monica, CA: RAND, 2005. 116p.
U.S. government decisionmakers face a number of challenges as they attempt
to form policies that aim to dissuade terrorists from attacking the U. S.,
divert youths from joining terrorist groups, and persuade the leaders of
states and nongovernmental institutions to withhold support for terrorists.
The successes or failures of such policies and campaigns have long-lasting
effects. The findings of this research help U.S. decisionmakers more closely
refine how and in what circumstances strategic influence campaigns can best
be applied.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG184.pdf
HV6431 .C724 2005
The
Dynamic Terrorist Threat: An Assessment of Group Motivations and Capabilities
in a Changing World.
Kim Cragin and Sara A. Daly. Santa
Monica, CA: Rand, 2004. 106p.
First, the report
attempts to develop a matrix that helps policymakers identify the threat that
terrorist groups pose to the United States; second, it assesses how terrorists
adapt and change, to identify such groups vulnerabilities. By combining these
approaches the U.S. government can refine its counterterrorism policies.
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1782/index.html
HV6431 .C725 2004
Encyclopedia of World Terrorism.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003. 2 vols. A History of 20th Century terrorism.
REF HV6431 .E53 2003
Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism : the Origins and Dynamics of Civil Wars.
Joseph L. Soeters.
London : New York : Routledge, 2005.
144P.
This book aims to understand the origin and dynamics of so
called intra-national conflicts such as those that have been affecting
Europe (Northern Ireland, the Bask Country region in Spain, Corsica in
France, the former Yugoslavia and Albania), and a number of countries in the
developing world (Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Uganda, Haiti,
India, Pakistan and others) and how these conflicts have been invested by
terrorist organizations at both national and international levels.
Ultimately this book defines a number of considerations aiming at the
development of policies to prevent and stop such conflicts.
HM1121 .S64 2005
Evaluating
the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain.
Henry
H. Willis and David S. Ortiz. Santa
Monica, CA: Rand, 2004. 31p.
Much worldwide cargo, from raw
materials to finished products, travels via containerized shipping. For the
shippers, the main concern has always been losses from theft or accident. But
shipping containers are as attractive to terrorists as they are to thieves and
smugglers. New security measures have therefore proliferated. This report
defines a framework for assessing the effects of these measures, reviews the
balance of current container security risk-reduction efforts, and lays out
directions for further research..
Also available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR214/index.html
HE735
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2004
Faultlines.
Institute
for Conflict Management (New Delhi, India). 1999-.
Focuses on terrorism in South Asia. Includes background information,
timelines, and chronologies regarding terrorism and low-intensity warfare.
HV6433
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Female Suicide Bombers.
Debra D. Zedalis. Honolulu, HI : University Press of the Pacific, 2004.
39p.
Suicide bombers are
today's weapon of choice. Terrorists are using suicide bombers because they
are a low cost, low technology, and low risk weapon. Suicide bombers are
readily available, require little training, leave no trace behind, and
strike fear into the general population. The success of suicide bombers is
dependent upon an element of surprise, as well as accessibility to targeted
areas or populations. Both of these required elements have been successfully
employed in the recent use of women as suicide bombers. Female suicide
bombers were used in the past; however, the recent spate of female suicide
bombers in different venues, in different countries, and for different
terrorist organizations forces us to study this terrorist method. This
research paper reviews historical female suicide bombers, focuses on female
suicide bomber characteristics, analyzes recent changes in application by
various terrorist organizations, and provides implications of change within
a strategic assessment of future female suicide bombings.
Also
available at:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB408.pdf
U413 .A66 Z22
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Female Suicide Bombers.
Rosemarie Skaine.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., 2006. 225p.
This work discusses the history of suicide bombing and profiles the female
suicide bomber. It raises the question of why women are increasingly used as
bombers and explores the Western societal biases that tend to cast women in
nonviolent roles. This book also examines the organizations, their scope and
training methods. HV6431 .S556
2006 CSRT
Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed -- and How to Stop It.
Rachel Ehrenfeld. Chicago: Bonus Books, 2003. 267p.
Ehrenfeld contends
that the true face of terror is an international network of corrupt state
leaders, super
wealthy contributors, and drug and crime kingpins. Without
money, especially laundered U.S. dollars, there would be no terror, and this
lively, well-documented primer reveals the sources, the amounts and the armed
terror organizations they support. Not surprisingly, the author is at her best
on the ironies of the West's appetite for drugs, which terror groups exploit
for funding, arms and recruiting those who would undermine a degenerate
Western society. Ehrenfeld's timely expose should heat up public demand for
real progress in the war on terrorism.
HV6431 .E394 2003 CSRT
Funding Terrorism in Southeast Asia: the Financial Network of Al Qaeda and Jemaah
Islamiyah.
Zachary Abuza. Seattle, WA: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2003. 68p.
International terrorists make widespread use of alternative and informal mechanisms to
raise, move, and secure their funds. Abuza illustrates a variety of methods
that Jemaah Islamiyah uses to raise and transfer funds through charities and
front companies.
Also available at:
http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?ID=558e687e-8929-4760-9e5d-09f548f8a1ef
DS501.5 .N385 2003 Vol.14, no.5
The Future of Terrorism.
Maxwell Taylor. Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000. 234p.
Terrorism has evolved beyond the traditional view of
state sponsored organizations that commit acts of violence as an expression of
nationalism. They are now more complex and their motivations can stem from a
more diverse range of ideologies.
HV6431 .F88 2000
The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm.
Jim A. Davis & Barry R. Schneider.
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : USAF Counterproliferation Center, 2002.
313p.
A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and
rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the "poor man's
nuclear weapon": biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague.
Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication
of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were
attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984.
And small amounts of anthrax resulted in wide spread panic and frequent
evacuations across country in the fall of 2001. In this book ten experts
discuss in detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and assess the current
state of U.S. biological defenses.
UG447.8 .G38 2002
The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism.
Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson, and Thomas J. Wilbanks. New York: Routledge, 2003. 274p.
Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation's call for research associated with
the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Addresses
the immediate role and utility of geographical information and technologies in
emergency management. Areas covered include:
geospatial data and technologies infrastructure research, root causes of terrorism,
vulnerability science and hazard research.
HV6431 .G463 2003 CSRT
The Ghost Wars: the Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan,
and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.
Steve Coll. New York: Penguin Press, 2004. 695p.
From Steve Coll, the managing editor of The Washington Post, comes this
news-breaking account of the CIA's involvement in the covert wars in
Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Laden's al
Qaeda. Coll explains how long and how deeply we've been entrenched there.
This New York Times bestseller is now updated to cover the 9/11 Commission
hearings.
DS371.2 .C63 2004 CSRT
Global
War on Terrorism: Analyzing the Strategic Threat.
Discussion Paper Number Thirteen.
Washington, D.C. : Joint Military Intelligence College. Center for Strategic Intelligence
Research. November 2004. 137p.
Author focuses on a particular aspect of Islam -
namely the concept of jihad - as the troublesome feature of the religion that,
if permitted to flourish, poses a long-term threat to America. Since America
is the leading power of the non-Islamic world, it is perceived as an
"existential" enemy of Islam, at least as conceived by the al-Qaida
militants. The attacks of September 11, were made by a generation of young
militant Muslims inspired by the Islamic doctrine of jihad; militants who wish
to achieve global domination. America is the principle obstacle to this end.
HV6431 .J6 2004 Vol.13
Guide to homeland Security.
Eagan, MN : West Group, 2005. 1696p.
This 2005 edition continues to guide the reader in homeland security matters
by providing and analyzing important homeland security and anti- terrorism
laws. This edition, reproduces homeland security and anti- terrorism
materials, including the Homeland Security Act and subsequent amendments,
the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act, and the USA Patriot Act, each with a
section by section synopsis prepared by the editorial staff.
REF KF4850. A29 G85 2005
Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Secretly Sponsors the Terrorist Network.
Dore Gold. Washington
D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2003. 309p.
Using previously unpublished documents, Gold pieces together the links between the
current wave of global terrorism — from the World Trade Center to Bali, Indonesia — and the
ideology of hatred taught in the schools and mosques of Saudi Arabia. Shines a spotlight on a
nation many think of as a close ally of the U.S.
HV6413 .B4794 2003 CSRT
Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin
Laden.
Peter Bergen. New
York: Touchstone, 2002. 303p.
Describes bin Laden's background; summarizes the organization of the al-Qaeda terrorist
network as it has developed in the Middle East, Europe, and America; and
offers a brief narrative of terrorist events through September 11.
HV6430 .B55 B47 2002 CSRT
Homeland
Security : A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing and Surviving
Terrorism.
Mark A. Sauter and James Jay Carafano. NY : McGraw-Hill, 2005. 483p.
Homeland Security is a practical introduction to everyday life in the new era
of terrorism. Numerous key details are addressed, from roles of first
responders and volunteers to family preparedness techniques to in-depth
descriptions of weapons of mass destruction. Chapters examine infrastructure
protection and business continuity, along with operations, tactics, and
weapons of terrorist groups -- including excerpts from Al-Qaeda training
manuals.
HV6432 .S28 2005 CSRT
Homeland
Security : A Documentary History.
Bruce
Maxwell. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press,
2004. 522p.
This volume bridges together more than 140 documents to trace the history,
issues and results of homeland security concerns. Documents include executive
orders and directives, transcripts of congressional hearings, texts of
congressional resolutions, studies conducted by commissions appointed by the
president or Congress, Supreme Court decisions, transcripts of speeches, state
and local resolutions, 9/11 Commission staff statements, reports by government
watchdogs. Arranged chronologically, each chapter enhances understanding by
following a particular topic or issue through a series of reports, studies and
discoveries.
UA927
.H657 2004
Homeland
Security and Terrorism: Readings and Interpretations.
Russell Howard, James Forest & Joanne Moore. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 492p.
A comprehensive collection of essays and articles addressing the problems
and solutions of maintaining openness and freedom in American society, while
providing protection against future terrorist incidents. Contributors discuss
relevant matters from the changing relationships and responsibilities among
government, industry, and private citizens to strategies for minimizing
tensions between establishing defensive measures and the financial and
societal costs of those matters.
HV6432
.H72 2006
Homeland
Security 04/05.
Thomas
A. Badey, editor. Guilford, CT:
McGraw-Hill, 2004. 205p.
On November 25, 2002, 14 months after the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001, President George Bush signed into law the Homeland Security Act of
2002. This anthology attempts to highlight the complex challenges and the
potential pitfalls of a developing homeland security policy. The selections
were chosen to reflect a diversity of viewpoints and perspectives. The book
provides a broad overview of the major issues associated with homeland
defense.
HV6432
.H65 2004
How Did This Happen? : Terrorism and the New
War.
James F. Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose (ed.). New York: PublicAffairs, c2001. 324p.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, one question has been
on the mind of every American: "How did this happen?" This book
seeks to answer this question in all its critical aspects: the motives and
actions of the terrorists, the status of our military, the context of the
Middle East, airport security, diplomatic pressures. HV6432 .H69
2001 CSRT
Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism in America’s Asia
Policy.
This volume examines the extent to which the 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA
compromised the promotion of an external human rights policy. It concludes
that human rights policy depends predominately on domestic factors.
Adelphi Paper #363 CSRT
Hunting al Qaeda : a Take-no-prisoners Account
of Terror, Adventure and Disillusionment.
Anonymous. Grand
Rapids, Mich. : Zenith ; Enfield : Airlift [distributor], 2005.
255p.
Written by the men who were there, this is
a critical look at what went right (plenty, when they were allowed to do
their job), what went wrong (plenty more), and what happens when Green
Berets are unleashed in the most hostile place on the planet.
DS371.413 .H86 2005
IDSS
Working Paper.
No. 71: "Constructing" the Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist / Kumar
Ramakrishna -- October 2004.
No. 74: Maritime Terrorism in Southeast Asia / Catherine Zara Raymond -- March
2005. No. 75: Southeast Asian Maritime Security in the Age of Terror / John
Bradford -- April 2005.
No. 81: The Security of
Regional Sea Lanes / Joshua Ho --June 2005.
UA832.8 .I21
Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on
Terror.
Anonymous. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2004. 309p.
It's unclear
how, in an age when even office workers must sign confidentiality agreements,
an alleged CIA Middle Eastern specialist has gotten permission to publish a
sprawling book on the origins and present state of the "war on
terror." His main point is that Arab antagonism to the West has its root
in real grievances that have gone unaddressed by the U.S. The actions of the
Saudis, and their U.S. supporters, come in for some hard criticism, as does
the elevation of Northern Alliance warlords to de facto governors of
Afghanistan. See author's first book: Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin
Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America HV6430 .B55 t49 2002.
HV6432 .I47 2004
CSRT
Indonesia's struggle: Jemaah Islamiyah and the Soul of Islam.
Greg Barton.
Sydney : UNSW Press, 2004. 118p.
Indonesian
authorities responded quickly to the Bali bombing, tracking down leading
Jemaah Islamiyah figures and bringing them to trial. Despite a subsequent
attack in Jakarta, the attention of many people in the West has shifted to
the Middle East and potential threats to Europe. Yet JI has the potential to
mount new terrorist attacks and destabilize the world's largest Muslim
country. In this timely book Greg Barton traces the religious, cultural, and
political development of JI, and argues that it has important features in
common with other organizations linked to al-Qaeda. Based on extensive
research in Indonesia, the book assesses the level of support for JI and the
Indonesian government's success in dealing with the threat it poses. Barton
argues that, while the Indonesian authorities reacted well to the events in
Bali, their subsequent response has not been as effective as is commonly
assumed. He analyzes the recent election results and looks at the challenges
facing the new Indonesian president.
HV6433 .I5
B37 2004
The
Inescapable Global Security Arena.
Max G. Manwaring. [Carlisle Barracks, PA]: Strategic
Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2002. 35p.
Global
political violence is clashing with global economic integration. In these conditions the
U.S. has little choice but to reexamine and rethink national and global
stability and security.
Also
available at:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB292.pdf U413 .A66 M15 2002
Information Operations: Warfare and the Hard reality of Soft Power.
Leigh Armistead. Dulles, VA:
Brassey's, 2004. 277p.
IO experts
from several countries analyze the military, technological, and
psychological aspects of Information Operations. Explains the critical importance of information operations in future
conflicts.
U163 .I52 2004
The
Information Revolution and National Security.
Thomas E. Copeland. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
August 2000. 141p.
The
information revolution has created new security threats and vulnerabilities.
No nation has made more effective use of the information revolution than the
United States, but none is more dependent on information technology. To
protect American security, then, military leaders and defense policymakers
must understand the information revolution.
JZ5588 .I54 2000
Information
Technology for Counterterrorism: Immediate Actions and Future Possibilities.
National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National
Academies Press, 2003. 128p.
This report presents two recommendations on what can be done in the short term to
protect communications and information systems from a terrorist attack. It
also provides several recommendations about what can be done over the long
term.
Also available at:
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309087368/html/index.html
HV6432 .N38 2003
Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror.
Rohan Gunaratna. New York: Berkley
Books, 2003. 362p.
Based
on over five years of research, "Inside Al Qaeda" provides the
definitive story behind the rise of this small, mysterious group to the
notorious organization making headlines today.
HV6431 .G853 2003 CSRT
International
Instruments Related to the Prevention and Suppression of International
Terrorism.
United
Nations. New
York:
United
Nations,
2004.
323p.
The
second edition is a compilation of the many instruments that have been adopted
over four decades by the international community covering various aspects of
terrorism, including global treaties and declarations combating international
terrorism.
K5256
.A35 I576
2004
International
Relations in Southeast Asia : The Struggle for Autonomy.
Donald
E. Weatherbee. New York:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 306p.
This balanced, comprehensive
guide to Southeast Asian politics offers a sensible but non-dogmatic realist
approach to the region's international relations.
The
author lucidly explains the dynamics of the Southeast Asian
subsystem as a struggle for autonomy in pursuit of national interests. He
explores three important questions, the answers to which will shape the future
Southeast Asia. Will democratic regimes transform international relations in
Southeast Asia? Will national leaders succeed in reinventing ASEAN as a more
effective collaborative mechanism? Finally, how will the evolving Chinese
position, balancing and perhaps displacing the United States as Asia's great
power, affect Southeast Asia's struggle for autonomy?
DS526.7
.W44 2005
The
Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda.
Chris Mackey and Greg Miller.
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2004. 484p.
An unprecedented look at what transpired inside the prison cells and
interrogation rooms at Bagram Air Base and Kandahar, Afghanistan. The inside
story of how six American interrogators responded to the pressure and the
prisoners.
DS371.414 .M33 2004 CSRT
Insurgency & Terrorism : From Revolution to Apocalypse.
Bard E. O'Neill.
Washington, DC
: Potomac Books, 2005. 231p.
A systematic, comprehensive, and straightforward textbook for
analyzing and comparing insurgencies and terrorist movements. Thoroughly
revised and updated to cover activity that has since occurred in
Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere and to address
the new tactics and weapons used*and threatened. Author addresses
insurgencies with respect to ultimate goals, strategies, forms of warfare,
the role and means of acquiring popular support, organizational dynamics,
causes and effects of disunity, types of external support, and government
responses.
HV6431 .O54 2005
Iraqi Perspectives Project : A View of
Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam's Senior Leadership.
Norfolk, VA: US Joint Forces Command, 2006. 210p.
Also available at:
http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2006/ipp.pdf D79.76 .I73
2006
Jihadis
in Jammu and Kashmir: A Portrait Gallery.
K.
Santhanam, Sreedhar,
Sudhir Saxena, Manish. New Delhi: Sage,
2003. 282p.
Pakistan's
relentless attempts to seize the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from the
Indian Union are well known and documented. Yet little is known about the
pattern of terrorist activities and the strategies used by the different
tanzeems, or organizations, especially during the troubled decades from 1980
to 2000. The book begins with a brief overview of the origins of the dispute
between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir. It continues by providing
details of thirtyone `tanzeems' or organizations involved in terrorist
activities in the region, their arms supply, training and funding, and also
their links with organizations outside India. It concludes with an examination
of the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the armies of India and
Pakistan deployed on the Line of Control (LOC).
DS485
.K27 J55 2003 CSRT
Jolly
Roger with an Uzi : the Rise and Threat of Modern Piracy.
Jack
A. Gottschalk and Brian P. Flanagan.
Annapolis,
MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
170p.
Piracy has become a real threat to all who sail the oceans,
regardless of the size or type of their vessel. Reported pirate
attacks are on the increase, yet few people are
aware of the scope and ferocity of today's marine terrorism. This book warns
seafarers of the worldwide problem and suggests actions to be taken. The
authors call attention to the fact that no location is entirely safe, although
the preponderance of reported pirate assaults occur in the waters off
Indonesia, Brazil, Somalia, and in the South China Sea. They describe the
modern-day pirate as motivated primarily by greed, but not necessarily part of
an organized crime group. As the title of the book indicates, pirates often
use high-power automatic weapons, and they escape in high-speed boats. Most
plan their attacks carefully, frequently using information gained through
government agencies in ports. To curtail the crime, the authors suggest U.S.
policy reforms, new roles for government agencies and military and maritime
enforcement units, and a redefinition of jurisdictions.
HV6441 .G67 2000
Koran.
(The
Noble Qur’an: English translation of the meanings and commentary).
BP109
.Q7 CSRT
The
Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror.
Michael
Ignatieff.
Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. 212p.
In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be
overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety
that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from
our enemies. There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than
trying to win the war against terror without losing our democratic souls.
Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from
the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the
IRA and the unprecedented menace of Al Qaeda. He shows how the most potent
response to terror had been force, decisive and direct, but--just as
important--restrained. The public scrutiny and political ethics that
motivate restraint also give democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power
to endure when the furies of vengeance and hatred are spent.
JA79 I36 2004
Legal Responses to Terrorism.
Wayne McCormack.
Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, 2005.
686p.
Explores the role of law in dealing with the threat of terrorism.
Three modes of response are presented: military options, prevention and law
enforcement.
REF KF9430 .M3 2005
Local Jihad: Radical Islam and Terrorism in Indonesia.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2005.
87p.
Provides a wider
understanding of the many disparate groups that represent the radical
Islamic community within Indonesia. Islamic radicalism has always been a
part of Indonesian political and religious life and is likely to remain so.
The more important question is to what extent violence becomes a more
regular feature of radical behavior.
HV6431
.L63 A865 2005
The
McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook: the Definitive Guide for Law
Enforcement, EMT, and All Other Security Professionals.
David
G. Kamien.
New York
: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 1196p.
Provides first responders, security
professionals, and students with a fundamental and definitive overview of
critical homeland security issues. This first all-in-one reference features
review and assessment of myriad homeland security risks, along with insights,
strategies, and practical advice for working successfully in the new threat
environment. Chapters cover terrorist tactics, intra-government coordination
of information, behavioral pattern recognition, aviation and maritime
passenger and cargo security, new rules for securing cyberspace, roles of
media and private individuals, and more.
HV6432
.K36
2006
The
Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training and Root Causes.
James J. F. Forest.
Westport, CN:
Praeger Security International, 2006. 3vols.
In this three-volume set, Forest
brings together articles by over 50 international experts that address three
areas: Recruitment (Volume 1), Training (Volume 2), and Root Causes (Volume
3). The primary goal of this set, which seeks to answer one central
question: What do we currently know about the transformation through which
an individual becomes a terrorist? A special emphasis is placed on the
psychological, social, ideological, and religious aspects of terrorism
recruitment.
HV6431
.M353
2006
CSRT & REF
Making
the Nation Safer: the Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism.
National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, c2002. 451p.
This report
describes many ways in which science and engineering can contribute to making
the nation safer against the threat of catastrophic terrorism.
Also available at: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309084814/html/
HV6431 .M354 2002
Maritime Security Handbook : Implementing the New U.S. Initiatives and
Regulations.
Jonathan K. Waldron.
Lanham, Md. : Government Institutes, 2005.
1v.
Provides the regulated community with guidance for
understanding the extensive new security regulations issued by the U.S.
Coast Guard and for complying with them to meet required deadlines. Vessel
owners and operators will appreciate the easy-to-read interpretations and
analysis of these new rules. Analysis of each rule includes the purpose and
applicability of the rule, a dissection of the requirements, and recommended
actions. Due to the size and complexity of the regulations, these compliance
guidelines are thoroughly indexed and contain a detailed table of contents
for ease of use and cross reference.
VK203 .W35 2004
Martyrs: Innocence, Vengence and Despair in the Middle East.
Joyce M. Davis.
NY:
Palgrave MacMillan, 2003. 214p.
Important insight to the people, the
hatreds, and the fanaticism that drive suicide attacks both in the Middle
East and the United States, from a prominent journalist.
BP190.5 .M3 D39 2003
Masking Terror : How Women Contain Violence in Southern Sri Lanka.
Alex Argenti-Pillen.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
2003. 240p.
A great number of young men in Sri Lanka have
chosen to join the armed forces and were until recently fighting against
Tamil separatists (the Tamil Tigers or LTTE) in the north and east of the
country. The author describes the social fabric of a rural community that
has become a breeding ground and reservoir of soldiers for the Sri Lankan
nation-state. Describes the response of women in the rural slums of southern
Sri Lanka to the further spread of violence.
HQ1735.8 .A85 2003
Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror.
Zachary Abuza. Boulder : Lynne Rienner, 2003. 281p.
Concentrating primarily on the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, Abuza
shows how al-Qaeda has capitalized on lax security, corrupt bureaucracies,
and legitimate grievances of Islamic groups to bond with or sometimes
completely absorb indigenous Islamic movements in these nations. Many of the
homegrown Islamic militants fought against the soviets in Afghanistan, and
now thousands of young men are being educated in Islamic schools across the
Middle East, where they are inculcated with a Wahhabi brand of puritanical
Islam that is fanatically anti-Western. BP190.5 .M3 D39 2003
Militant Islam Reaches America.
Daniel Pipes. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. 326p. Long before
September 11, 2001, Daniel Pipes publicly warned Americans that militant
Islam had declared war on America. Sadly Americans failed to take heed.
Dividing his work into two subjects, he first defines militant Islam,
stressing the large and crucial differences between Islam the faith and the
ideology of militant Islam. He then discusses Islam in the U.S., and how
this once distant religion has developed rapidly in the last decade. Among
his findings: militant Islam has much in common with fascism and communism;
about one in every eight Muslims worldwide supports militant Islam; and
militant Islam is not spawned by poverty. This edition enhances what is
already widely recognized as an inclusive and definitive examinatin of Islam
in politics.
BP67 .U6 P57 2003
A More Secure World: High-Level Panel on Threats,
Challenges and Change.
[New York?] : United Nations, 2004.
129p.
Today, more than ever before, a threat to one is a threat to all.
Threats to international peace and security go far beyond aggression by
States and include poverty, deadly infectious disease, environmental
degradation, civil war, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and
transnational organized crime. This report by 16 of the world*s most
experienced leaders, commissioned by the United Nations Secretary-General,
puts forward a bold new vision of collective security that stresses the need
for effective, equitable action in preventing and responding to all major
threats to international peace and security.
JZ5595 .U55 2004
The
Muslim World After 9/11.
Angel
M. Rabasa, et al.
Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.
525p.
Examines the dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political
landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on
terrorism, and the war in Iraq. The authors present a typology of ideological
tendencies; identify the factors that produce religious extremism and
violence; assess key cleavages along sectarian, ethnic, regional, and national
lines; and identify possible strategies and military options for the United
States to pursue in this critical and volatile part of the world.
Also
available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG246/index.html
DS35.74
.U6
M875 2004
The New American Imperialism : Bush's War on Terror
and Blood for Oil.
Vassilis Fouskas and
Bulent Gokay. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2005.
247p.
With the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the US's long war on
communism was replaced by a perpetual "war on terror." The authors posit
that this neo-imperialistic phase is but the latest development in a line of
thought and action established after World War II. But, they say, 2005 is
not 1945. Today, they argue, the US uses its power to deplete the resources
of the developing world, and to compel the rest of the world to remain
dependent on American management of the global economy. Contending that this
situation is ultimately untenable, they assert that the US is entering a
period of deep crisis. The best thing for American neo-imperialists to do to
avert their worst nightmare - a strategic and economic alliance among
Europe, Russia, China, and OPEC - would be to arrange for the orderly
withdrawal of American power before it is too late for the human and
environmental security of the world.
JZ1480 .F68 2005
Newport Papers [CD-ROM]: National Security Strategy After 9/11/01.
Naval War College (U.S.) Newport,
R.I.: Naval War College, 2002.
The
Newport Papers are extended research projects that the Naval War College
consider of particular interest to policy makers, scholars, and analysts, and
judge worthy of extensive, selective distribution.
UA927 .N58 2002
CD-ROM
The Next Attack : the Failure of the War on Terror
and a Blueprint for Getting it Right.
New York : Times
Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2005.
330p.
Another terrorist attack on the U.S.
is inevitable, according to analysts Simon and Benjamin. Based on interviews
with current and former government officials, they warn that actions by the
Bush administration are only energizing radical Islamist groups and paving
the way for further terrorist attacks even as we squander resources in the
war in Iraq. With the aid of technology and the Internet, the threat to the
U.S. has become more agile and mobile. Exploring the long history of Islamic
tensions with the West, the authors note that jihadists applaud U.S.
difficulties in occupying Iraq and the benefits to their recruitment
efforts, as they compare the troubled U.S. occupation with that of the
Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
HV6432.7 .B425 2005
T he 9/11 Commission Report:
Final Report of the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. New York :
W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. 567p. This historic book describes the
mechanics of the horrific attacks on the United States and recommends
measures for preventing further strikes.
HV6432.7 .N38 2004
Nontraditional
Warfare : Twenty-First Century Threats and Responses.
William
R. Schilling.
Washington,
D.C.:
Brassey's,
Inc.,
2002.
347p.
Analyzes
the most current prevalent threats to U.S. national security, ranging from
weapons of mass destruction to electronic, information, and urban warfare.
Contributors introduce innovative technological, policy, and organizational
solutions to the most alarming nontraditional threat scenarios.
UA23
.N66 2002
Nonviolent Response to Terrorism .
Tom H. Hastings. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc., 2004. 244 p.
Terrorism is unacceptable, but a violent response to violence usually causes more
violence. This book outlines some of the best thinking about nonviolent
methods of resisting terrorism in the growing fields of international aid and
nonviolent interposition.
HV6431 .H378 2004 CSRT
Nuclear
Terrorism
after 9/11.
Robin
M. Frost.
New
York : Routledge,2005.
88
p.
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