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Know thy enemy II : a look at the world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs / edited by Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, and Barry R. Schneider.

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Format:
Book
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Contributor:
Schneider, Barry R., editor.
Post, Jerrold M., editor.
Kindt, Michael T., editor.
USAF Counterproliferation Center, issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Terrorists--Biography.
Terrorists.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Terrorism.
Security, International.
Deterrence (Strategy).
World politics--21st century.
World politics.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Asymmetric warfare--United States.
Asymmetric warfare.
Aggression (International law).
Weapons of mass destruction.
Strategic culture.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 450 pages) : illustrations
Other Title:
Know thy enemy two
Know thy enemy 2
Look at the world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs
Place of Publication:
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : USAF Counterproliferation Center, 2007.
Contents:
Section 1: Broader non-state actor issues: 1. Suicide terrorism: are there important counterterrorist lessons to be learned? / James E. Winkates
2. Al Qaeda's modus operandi: anticipating their target selection / Barry R. Schneider
3. The mind of the terrorist: the spectrum of terrorism and terrorist psychologies / Jerrold M. Post
4. Political islam and radical islam: the cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh / Stephen F. Burgess
5. Why women kill: a look at the evolutionary role of Muslim female fighters / Furhana Ali
6. "Like glitters of the sun": Iran and terrorism / Gregory F. Giles
7. Terrorist use of WMD / James J.F. Forest. Section 2: Specific non-state actor groups. 8. a state within a state / Michael T. Kindt
9. Hamas: the Islamic Resistance Movement / Jerrold M. Post
10. Al Qaeda 2.0 and the global Salafi jihad / Jerrold M. Post
11. Jemaah Islamiyah remains active and deadly / James C. Whitmire
12. The Mexican drug cartels: at war for control of the U.S.-Mexican border / Dario E. Teicher
13. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) / Jerrold M. Post
14. Mara Salvatrucha: a threat to U.S. and Central American security / Tina S. Strickland.
Notes:
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (Air University, viewed December 7, 2021).
"November 2007."
"This volume is the second in the USAF Counterproliferation Center's Know thy enemy series. ... This book ... focuses on sub-state actors, terrorist organizations and criminal gangs that are of serious security concern to the United States."--Page [v].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Know thy enemy II.
OCLC:
1287884053

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