Counterterror offensives for the ghost war world the rudiments of counterterrorism policy /

A quantitative analysis that provides new insight into which types of counterterror practices work best and which types perform poorly in particular operational environments and circumstances. For Chasdi, "effectiveness" is defined as the capacity of counterterror practices to work with "stealth"--n...

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Auteur principal: Chasdi, Richard J., 1958-
Collectivité auteur: ebrary, Inc
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2010.
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Table des matières:
  • An introduction to counterterror concepts and methods
  • The contours of counterterror practices : approaches and actions, what is known and gaps in knowledge, a functional typology of counterterror events
  • Theoretical conceptualizations and methodology
  • The case of counterterror in Western style liberal democracies : basic contours of the counterterror practices of four nation-states
  • The case of counterterror in authoritarian democracies and an authoritarian regime : basic contours of the counterterror practices of three nation-states
  • Analysis of the effects of two structural explanatory factors on counterterror event outcomes
  • Conclusions.