Insurgent Terrorism

Author : Victor Asal,Brian J. Phillips,R. Karl Rethemeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197607015

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Insurgent Terrorism by Victor Asal,Brian J. Phillips,R. Karl Rethemeyer Pdf

"Imagine getting on the bus to go from one major city to another. It had been a long week and all you wanted to do is get home and take a nap while doing that. Imagine falling asleep and enjoying the rest on the bus. Now imagine as the bus is driving up a mountain you wake to hearing someone scream out something incoherent and you can feel the bus swerve to the right and through a road barrier and over the side of the mountain. Some of the people you are with on the bus fly out the window as it crashes down the mountain into a ravine while others fly around the bus slamming into each other, into metal and into shattering glass. As the bus slams down you can feel parts of your body break and you see other people die in front of you. You then lose consciousness. When you wake, you are lying outside the bus with glass and screaming people around you just above a bus that is now with its roof on the ground. Besides your own pain you can see the dead, the dying and the broken people all around you and dozens of people streaming down the valley to come help you and the people around you"--

Author : Gerald Cromer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351155540

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Insurgent Terrorism by Gerald Cromer Pdf

Terrorists engage in propaganda and rhetoric, even though they prefer the power of deed over word. They use a wide variety of mechanisms of moral disengagement to convince themselves of the rightness of their actions, a necessary prerequisite for taking up arms. The articles collected together in this excellent volume focus on the rhetoric and propaganda used by insurgent terrorists to justify their resort to violence. The volume includes a thoughtful introduction which summarizes the main findings of the literature, drawing attention to the many different kinds of terrorist propaganda and the underlying similarity between them.

Author : Ardath Whynacht
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781773630847

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Insurgent Love by Ardath Whynacht Pdf

Domestic homicide is violence that strikes within our most intimate relations. The most common strategy for addressing this kind of transgression relies on policing and prisons. But through examining commonly accepted typologies of high-risk intimate partner violence, Ardath Whynacht shows that policing can be understood as part of the same root problem as the violence it seeks to mend and provides an abolitionist frame for the most dangerous forms of intimate partner violence. This book illustrates that the origins of both the carceral state and toxic masculinity are situated in settler colonialism and racial capitalism and sees police homicide and domestic homicide as akin. Describing an experience of domestic homicide in her community and providing a deeply personal analysis of some of the most recent cases of homicide in Canada, the author inhabits the complexity of seeking abolitionist justice. Insurgent Love traces the major risk factors for domestic homicide within the structures of racial capitalism and suggests transformative, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, feminist approaches for safety, prevention and justice.

Author : Alex Peter Schmid,Janny de Graaf
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004004829

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Violence as Communication by Alex Peter Schmid,Janny de Graaf Pdf

Author : Stohl
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0824778146

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The Politics of Terrorism, Third Edition, by Stohl Pdf

Placing terrorists and terrorist activities within their sociopolitical settings, this volume contains essays by 16 experts on the major theories, typologies, concepts, strategies, tactics, ideologies, practices, implications of, and responses to contemporary political terrorism. New to this edition are essays on typologies and state terrorism in international affairs, and terrorism within Latin America, the Middle East, the United States, Western Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. The authors demystify the myths of contemporary political terrorism, and conclude with discussions of the interrelationship among political terrorism, the media and civil liberties; counterterrorism policies; the threat that terrorists will go nuclear; and the international terrorist network. ISBN 0-8247-7814-6: $45.00.

Author : Marianne Heiberg,Brendan O'Leary,John Tirman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0812239741

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Terror, Insurgency, and the State by Marianne Heiberg,Brendan O'Leary,John Tirman Pdf

The result of a multiyear project spearheaded by the late Marianne Heiberg, "Terror, Insurgency, and the State" assembles the findings of more than a dozen scholars who have conducted extensive field research with rebel groups. This comparative analysis documents the aim of longstanding insurgent groups.

Author : Alex Peter Schmid,Janny de Graaf
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015013970929

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Violence as Communication by Alex Peter Schmid,Janny de Graaf Pdf

Author : Bard E. O'Neill
Publisher : Manas Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Guerrilla warfare
ISBN : 817049284X

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Insurgency & Terrorism: From Revolution To Apocalypse by Bard E. O'Neill Pdf

A Systematic, Comprehensive, And Straightforward Book That Analyse And Compares Insurgencies And Terrorist Movements. It Covers Activity That Has Since Occurred In Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, China, Burma, Iraq, Sudan, The Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, And Elsewhere And Highlights The New Tactics And Weapons Used By Insurgent Groups Including Al Qaida - And Threatened. Author Bard E. O'Neill, The Director Of Studies Of Insurgencies And Revolution At The National War College, Addresses Insurgencies With Respect To Ultimate Goals, Strategies, Organization, The Role And Means Of Acquiring Popular Support, Causes And Effects Of Disunity, Types Of External Support, And Government Responses. To Suppress Terrorism, To Undermine Terrorism'S Ideological Support, And To Win The War Of Ideas, A National Security Expert Needs Some Of The Better Ideas Found In This Book. Thus The Book Is Also An Ideal Textbook For Soldiers, Analysts, Students, And Scholars Who Seek A Better Understanding Of Contemporary Conflicts. ( Published In Collaboration With Potomac Books, Inc. Formerly Brassey S, Inc.)

Author : Cameron I. Crouch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135230180

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Managing Terrorism and Insurgency by Cameron I. Crouch Pdf

This book examines how governments can weaken the regenerative capabilities of terrorist and insurgent groups. The exploration of this question takes the form of a two-tier examination of three insurgent actors whose capacity to regenerate weakened in the past: the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) of Canada, the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros (MLN-T) of Uruguay and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) of Northern Ireland during the mid-1970s. At the first level of its examination, the book investigates the extent to which the regenerative capacities of the FLQ, MLN-T, and PIRA weakened because of an increase in attrition and a decrease in recruitment. The primary objectives of this analysis are to uncover whether a declining intake of recruits played a lesser, equal, or greater role than a burgeoning loss of personnel in weakening the capacities to regenerate of the three insurgent actors; and, in turn, to shed greater light on the broader validity of the prevailing view in conflict studies that a decrease in recruitment is more important than an increase in attrition in effecting the corrosion of an insurgent actor's capacity to regenerate. At the second level of its exploration, the book assesses the effectiveness of five of the most prominent policy prescriptions in the literature and insurgent recruitment and attrition: ameliorating grievances, selective repression, discrediting insurgent ideology, improving intelligence collection, and restricting civil liberties This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and counter-terrorism, conflict studies, strategic studies and security studies in general. Cameron Crouch is currently an Analyst at Allen Consulting Group, an Australian economics and public policy consulting firm. He has a PhD from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University.

Author : Claire Metelits
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814795781

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Inside Insurgency by Claire Metelits Pdf

Through interviews and on-the-ground research, this book provides a new explanation of the nature of insurgent group behavior. Through case studies of the SPLA, FARC, and PKK, it offers an intimate understanding of modern day insurgent/terrorist groups and their tactics as well as an explanation of the changing behavior of insurgent groups toward the civilians they claim to represent.

Author : Richard H. Shultz,Andrea J. Dew
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231129831

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Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias by Richard H. Shultz,Andrea J. Dew Pdf

By focusing on four specific hotbeds of instability-Somalia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, and Iraq-Richard H. Shultz Jr. and Andrea J. Dew carefully analyze tribal culture and clan associations, examine why "traditional" or "tribal" warriors fight, identify how these groups recruit, and where they find sanctuary, and dissect the reasoning behind their strategy. Their new introduction evaluates recent developments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the growing prevalence of Shultz and Dew's conception of irregular warfare, and the Obama Defense Department's approach to fighting insurgents, terrorists, and militias. War in the post-Cold War era cannot be waged through traditional Western methods of combat, especially when friendly states and outside organizations like al-Qaeda serve as powerful allies to the enemy. Bridging two centuries and several continents, Shultz and Dew recommend how conventional militaries can defeat these irregular yet highly effective organizations.

Author : Benjamin Schreer,Andrew T. H. Tan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429632242

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Terrorism and Insurgency in Asia by Benjamin Schreer,Andrew T. H. Tan Pdf

The rise of the Islamic State since 2014 has led to the re-emergence of terrorism as a serious security threat in Asia. Coupled with the ongoing terrorism and insurgency challenges from both radical religious extremists and also ethno-nationalist insurgencies, it is clear that some parts of Asia remain mired in armed rebellion despite decades of nation-building. While the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan has obviously deteriorated, there is also a growing terrorist challenge, on top of armed insurgencies, in other parts of Asia. A common theme in armed rebellions in the region has been the lack of legitimacy of the state and the presence of fundamental causes stemming from political, economic or social grievances. Addressing rebellion in the region thus requires a comprehensive approach involving transnational co-operation, addressing fundamental grievances, and also the use of more innovative approaches, such as religious rehabilitation and reconciliation programmes.

Author : Bard E. O'Neill
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Guerrilla Warfare
ISBN : UCAL:B5118516

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Insurgency & Terrorism by Bard E. O'Neill Pdf

A systematic, comprehensive and straightforward format for analyzing and comparing insurgencies.

Author : Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781482247664

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb Pdf

A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It also reassesses some of the latent and burgeoning insurgent organizations and networks around the globe and suggests alternative approaches to understanding insurgency, counterinsurgency, and conventional and asymmetric warfare as they relate to insurgency and counterinsurgency. This book makes significant contributions to international and interdisciplinary discussions regarding the seminal features of insurgency and counterinsurgency in modern warfare. It also relates topics with terrorism in the post-9/11 era, including the historical roots of insurgency, radicalism in Europe, and regional radical groups like al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. It emphasizes how issues around insurgency, counterinsurgency, and terrorism permeate or evolve into particular forms of warfare, military operations, and related governmental activities. Using a diversified lens of analysis, the chapters illustrate key elements that spawn insurgency such as insurgents’ beliefs, motivations, aims, leadership characteristics, recruitment methods, operations planning, and responses to state and non-state efforts to contain insurgency. The book also examines how certain terrorist and insurgent operations can remain in the shadows and become secret wars beneath the growing surface threats they pose to the societies in which they breed activity. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War takes a unique look at a subject that has become widely studied and written about in reaction to modern terrorism and insurgency. It analyzes conditions under which insurgency and counterinsurgency occur from nuanced perspectives that have not previously received full consideration.

Author : Ashish Sonal
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Insurgency
ISBN : 1897829809

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Terrorism & Insurgency in India by Ashish Sonal Pdf