Countering terrorism / Martha Crenshaw and Gary LaFree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crenshaw, Martha, author.

LaFree, Gary, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2017.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]

Summary:

Can We Construct a Grand Strategy to Counter Terrorism? Fifteen years after September 11, the United States still faces terror threats- both domestic and foreign. After years of wars, ever more intensive and pervasive surveillance, enhanced security measures at major transportation centers, and many attempts to explain who we are fighting and why and how to fight them, the threats continue to multiply. So, too, do our attempts to understand just what terrorism is and how to counter it. Two leaders in the field of terrorism studies, Martha Crenshaw and Gary LaFree, provide a critical look at how.

Contents:

Introduction: the context for analyzing counterterrorism difficulties: current threats and the state of

Academic research

Over-responding to rare events

The tip of the iceberg

Pinning down an elusive adversary: what is a terrorist organization?

Who did it? the attribution dilemma

Evaluating the effectiveness of counterterrorism

Moving forward.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2017).

ISBN:

0-8157-5142-7

0-8157-2766-6

OCLC:

967848685