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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459038503321

Autore

Geltzer Joshua Alexander

Titolo

US counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda [[electronic resource] ] : signalling and the terrorist world-view / / Joshua Alexander Geltzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

9781135197221

0-415-85193-9

0-203-87023-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Contemporary security studies

Disciplina

363.325/160973

Soggetti

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Terrorists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : al-Qaeda as audience -- Communicators and audiences -- America's counter-terrorist communications -- The al-Qaeda world-view -- The view of the audience -- Conclusion : understanding and improving communication -- Appendix : individuals interviewed.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda. Recent US counter-terrorist strategy has been largely based upon projecting certain perceptions of America as an actor to those drawn to al-Qaeda, and this book investigates in what ways, and to what extent, US officials believed that the signals sent by what America did and said could influence the behaviour of the terrorist and would-be terrorist. The study then draws on a growing understanding of that audience to analyse how those drawn to al-Qaeda were and, indeed, sti