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Tribal militias : an effective tool to counter Al-Qaida and its affiliates? / Norman Cigar.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cigar, Norman L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qaida (Organization).
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Tribes.
- Militia.
- Military assistance, American.
- United States--Military relations.
- United States.
- tribal entities.
- tribes (kinship groups).
- Military relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 96 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Effective tool to counter Al-Qaida and its affiliates?
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle Barracks, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2014.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- "Despite over a decade of open war, dealing with Al-Qaida and its affiliates in the Middle East is likely to remain a concern for the foreseeable future and will pose a challenge requiring the use of any tool that is likely to be effective in meeting the threat. Developing effective tools to counter Al-Qaida's continuing presence in the social environment of tribal militias, therefore, is a priority and requires understanding Al-Qaida's critical vulnerabilities when it operates in those societies and developing the means to counter Al-Qaida's efforts. Recommendations for policy where the United States is a tribal militia's direct patron, as well as recommendations for policy when the United States is in a supporting role to the local government are included"--Publisher's web site.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Terms of reference and methodology
- Model 1. The Iraqi experience : phase I
- The case of Iraq : phase II
- Tribal revolt, the ISIS onslaught, and rehabilitating the Sahwa
- Assessing Iraq's phase II
- Model 2. The case of Yemen
- Al-Qaida's resurgence and the 2014 "ARMED DETERRENCE" campaign
- Managing the popular committees
- Conclusion and recommendations for U.S. policy
- An update.
- Notes:
- "November 2014."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-96).
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed November 21, 2014).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cigar, Norman L. Tribal militias
- OCLC:
- 896714002
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