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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- 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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