Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand StrategyAudrey Kurth Cronin, James M. Ludes Georgetown University Press, 2004 M01 14 - 328 pages The definition and understanding of "terrorism" is in a state of unprecedented evolution. No longer are acts of terrorism rare and far-flung. Following the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. citizens have had their eyes opened to a new world where this nightmare stalks the daily news and is never far from consciousness. Attacking Terrorism brings together some of the world's finest experts, people who have made the study of this rising menace their life's work, to provide a comprehensive picture of the challenges and opportunities of the campaign against international terrorism. Part one, "The Nature of Terrorism," provides an overview and foundation for the current campaign, placing it within the political and historical context of previous threats and responses. Part two, "The Responses to Terrorism," looks at the range of policy instruments required in an effective strategy against terrorism. The contributors to this volume bring finely honed analyses and nuanced perspectives to the terrorist realities of the twenty-first century—history, analyses, and perspectives that have been too often oversimplified or myopic. They bring a new depth of understanding and myriad new dimensions to the crisis of terrorism. And they reach into aspects of counterterrorism that broaden our grasp on such important tools as diplomacy, intelligence and counterintelligence, psycho-political means, international law, criminal law enforcement, military force, foreign aid, and homeland security, showing not only how these tools are currently being employed but how often they are being underutilized as well. Attacking Terrorism demonstrates that there are no easy answers—and that the road toward victory will be long and arduous, frightening and dangerous—but as Audrey Kurth Cronin states in her introduction, "As the campaign against international terrorism unfolds, a crucial forward-looking process of strategic reassessment is under way in the United States, and this book is intended to be a part of it." |
From inside the book
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... terrorist attacks . The threat has evolved since Operation Anaconda sought to choke out al - Qaeda from its mountainous hideouts , but it has not gone away . It is more diffuse , yet still menacing . At this writing , there have been ...
... terrorism is distinguished by its nonstate character - even when terrorists receive military , political , eco- nomic , and other means of support from states . This is not to excuse states that provide support to groups who employ terror ...
... Terrorism is meant to shock , but that shock too often results in amnesia , encouraging ob- servers to see individual terrorist events as exceptional . Rapoport shows that the history of modern terrorism reveals connections between groups ...
... terrorism — the leading instrument considered in this book but almost never the first priority in the aftermath of major attacks . As Sheehan argues , diplomacy is the use of all available for- eign policy instruments to influence ...
... counterterrorist operations and particular problems in abid- ing by them . For example , because terrorist attacks target innocent civilians , and terrorist groups rarely take the form of defined military forces that are easily ...
Contents
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TERRORISM STRATEGIES AND GRAND STRATEGIES | 74 |
POLICY INSTRUMENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | 95 |
DIPLOMACY | 97 |
INTELLIGENCE | 115 |
MILITARY FORCE | 162 |
THE LAWS OF WAR | 186 |
PSYCHOLOGICALPOLITICAL INSTRUMENTS | 220 |
FOREIGN AID | 238 |
HOMELAND SECURITY | 261 |
TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE GRAND STRATEGY | 285 |
contributors | 301 |
index | 305 |