The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat : From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death / Bruce Hoffman, Fernando Reinares.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, Bruce, editor.

Reinares, Fernando, editor.

Series:

Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.

Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--History--21st century.

Terrorism.

Jihad--History--21st century.

Jihad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (695 p.)

Edition:

Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following September 11, 2001, internationally recognized scholars study the involvement of global terrorist leaders and organizations in these incidents and the planning, organization, execution, recruitment, and training that went into them. Their work captures the changing character of al-Qaeda and its affiliates since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the sophisticated elements that, despite the West's best counterterrorism efforts, continue to exert substantial direction over jihadist terrorist operations. Through case studies of terrorist acts and offensives occurring both in and outside the West, the volume's contributors investigate al-Qaeda and other related entities as they adapted to the strategies of Operation Enduring Freedom and subsequent U.S.-led global counterterrorism programs. They explore whether Osama bin Laden was indeed reduced to a mere figurehead before his death or continued to influence al-Qaeda's global activities. Did al-Qaeda become a loose collection of individuals and ideas following its expulsion from Afghanistan, or was it reborn as a transnational terrorist structure powered by a well-articulated ideology? What is the preeminent terrorist threat we face today, and what will it look like in the future? This anthology pinpoints the critical patterns and strategies that will inform counterterrorism in the coming decades.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction / Hoffman, Bruce / Reinares, Fernando

Part I. In the West

1. The Evolution of the Post-9/11 Threat to the U.S. Homeland / Vidino, Lorenzo

2. The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings / Reinares, Fernando

3. Operation Crevice in London / Neumann, Peter R. / Evans, Ryan

4. Dhiren Barot and Operation Rhyme / Clutterbuck, Lindsay

5. The Van Gogh Murder and Beyond / De Graaf, Beatrice

6. Leadership and the Toronto 18 / Bell, Stewart

7. Operation Pendennis in Australia / Neighbour, Sally

8. The 7 July 2005 London Bombings / Hoffman, Bruce

9. The 2006 Airline Plot / Cruickshank, Paul

10. The Foiled Attacks in Italy in 2006 / Jordán, Javier

11. The German "Sauerland" Plot, Central Asia, and Turkey / Steinberg, Guido

12. The Danish Glasvej Case / Taarnby, Michael

13. The January 2008 Suicide Bomb Plot in Barcelona / Reinares, Fernando

14. Ansar al-Fatah and "Iraqi" Networks in France / Filiu, Jean-Pierre

Part II. Outside the West

15. Al-Qaeda Terrorism in Afghanistan / Jones, Seth G.

16. Attacks of al-Jemaah al-Islamiyah in Southeast Asia / Gunaratna, Rohan

17. The Mombassa Attacks of November 28, 2002 / Fighel, Jonathan

18. The Origins of Sectarian Terrorism in Iraq / Hafez, Mohammed M.

19. The November 2003 Istanbul Bombings / Steinberg, Guido / Holtmann, Philipp

20. The Sinai Terrorist Attacks / McCarthy, Holly L. / Pedahzur, Ami

21. Comparing the 2003 and 2007 Incidents in Casablanca / Kalpakian, Jack

22. The 2007 Suicide Attacks in Algiers / Botha, Anneli

23. The 2003 Riyadh and 2008 Sanaa Bombings / Hegghammer, Thomas

24. The 2008 Mumbai Attack / Fair, C. Christine

25. The 2010 Suicide Attacks in Kampala / Botha, Anneli

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231168991

0231168993

9780231537438

0231537433

OCLC:

892244359