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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451770903321

Autore

Michael Jenkins Brian

Titolo

Unconquerable Nation [[electronic resource] ] : Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, 2006

ISBN

1-4337-0952-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/1560973

Soggetti

Terrorism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; How We Prevail; An Appreciation of the Situation; Knowing Our Enemy; A Sharper Sword; A Durable Shield: Strategies for Strengthening Ourselves; APPENDIX; Combating Terrorism: A Reading List; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Brian Michael Jenkins presents a clear-sighted and sobering analysis of where we are today in the struggle against terrorism. Jenkins, an internationally renowned authority on terrorism, distills the jihadists' operational code and suggests how they might assess their situation very differently from how we might do so. He distills the jihadists' operational code and outlines a ferociously pragmatic but principled approach that goes beyond attacking terrorist networks and operational capabilities to defeating their entire missionary enterprise by deterring recruitment and encouraging defections