Safety, liberty, and Islamist terrorism : American and European approaches to domestic counterterrorism / Gary J. Schmitt, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmitt, Gary James, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--International cooperation.

National security.

Security, International.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe.

United States.

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Safety, Liberty, and Islamist Terrorism: American and European Approaches to Domestic Counterterrorism, Gary J. Schmitt leads a group of security and intelligence experts in analyzing the domestic counterterrorism regimes of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, and the United States. The author's in-depth analysis provides a unique window into the similarities and differences among the counterterrorism efforts of these major democracies and explores the possibilities (and limitations) of applying one country's lessons to another.

Contents:

United Kingdom: once more unto the breach / Tom Parker

France: in a league of its own / Gary J. Schmitt

Spain: from 9/11 to 3/11 and beyond / Rafael L. Bardaft

Germany? the long and winding road / Eric Gujer

United States: facing the threat at home / Gary J. Schmitt

U.S. counterterrorism in perspective / Gary J. Schmitt.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-178) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786613029409

9781283029407

1283029405

9780844743509

084474350X

OCLC:

707078771