Counterterrorism Strategies: Successes and Failures of Six Nations
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Counterterrorism Strategies: Successes and Failures of Six Nations

Counterterrorism Strategies: Successes and Failures of Six Nations

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Yonah Alexander (Author)  

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Despite the wake-up call of September 11, 2001, terrorism remains a dire threat to the security of all civilized nations, making it imperative for leaders to develop better national, regional, and global strategies to counter its many forms. Counterterrorism Strategies examines how six countries have combated terrorist groups from the 1970s to the present and draws lessons that are applicable to today's threats. Some of this important new book's case studies are the U.S. pursuit of al Qaeda, Italy's efforts against the extreme left-wing Red Brigades and extreme right-wing New Order, Germany's battles with the Red Army Faction, France's struggles with separatist movements and international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, Egypt's experience with Islamist terrorism, and Sri Lanka's long confrontation with the Tamil Tigers. Counterterrorism Strategies shows that there are no simple or complete solutions to the dangers posed by determined and elusive terrorists, but several of the countries detailed here have had significant successes. The contributors'analyses of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of strategies used by these six countries offer a counterterrorism road map for the twenty-first century. This book is essential reading for policymakers, for counterterrorism scholars and professionals, and for members of the general public who are concerned about the direction of the international campaign against terrorism.
Editor and contributor YONAH ALEXANDER is a professor at, and the director of, the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies in Washington, D.C.; a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; and director of the Potomac Institute's Center for Terrorism Studies in Arlington, Virginia. The other contributors are GILLAUME PARMENTIER, professor and head of the French Center on the United States (CFE) at the Institut Francais de Relations Internationales in Paris; ULRICH SCHNECKENER, senior member of the Global Issues Research Unit at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin; SERGIO MARCHISIO, professor and director of the Instituto di Studi Giuridici Sulla Comunita Internazionale in Rome; AHMED ABOU-EL WAFA, professor of international law at Cairo University; and VERNON L. B. MENDIS, a former ambassador of Sri Lanka and current director general of the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute in Columbo.
  • Contributor: Yonah Alexander
  • Imprint: Potomac Books Inc
  • ISBN13: 9781597970181
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 150x230mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
  • Release Date: 2006-08-31
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Editor and contributor YONAH ALEXANDER is a professor at, and the director of, the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies in Washington, D.C.; a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; and director of the Potomac Institute's Center for Terrorism Studies in Arlington, Virginia. The other contributors are GILLAUME PARMENTIER, professor and head of the French Center on the United States (CFE) at the Institut Francais de Relations Internationales in Paris; ULRICH SCHNECKENER, senior member of the Global Issues Research Unit at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin; SERGIO MARCHISIO, professor and director of the Instituto di Studi Giuridici Sulla Comunita Internazionale in Rome; AHMED ABOU-EL WAFA, professor of international law at Cairo University; and VERNON L. B. MENDIS, a former ambassador of Sri Lanka and current director general of the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute in Columbo.

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