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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783970303321

Autore

Clutterbuck Richard L.

Titolo

Terrorism and guerrilla warfare : forecasts and remedies / / Richard Clutterbuck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990

ISBN

1-134-97499-X

1-134-97500-7

1-280-04779-8

0-203-16894-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/25

322.42

Soggetti

Drug traffic

Guerrilla warfare

Terrorism

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Prologue; Introduction; The spectrum of political conflict; Terrorist targets in the 1990's; Personal weapons; Missiles, longer range weapons, and bombs; Detecting explosives, bombs, and guns; Intelligence and the microelectronics revolution; Physical security; Cocaine; Heroin and hashish; The Consumers; Rural guerrillas; Latin America; Rural guerrillas; Asia and Africa; Development of rural guerrilla warfare; Urban terrorist organizations; Urban terrorist techniques; Developments in countering terrorism; Nightmare scenarios

The price to pay Sources and bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Terrorism and guerrilla warfare are increasingly common in many countries of the world. This book examines the current state of terrorism and guerrilla warfare and indicates how they may develop in the future. It sets out the different kinds of terrorism and guerrilla warfare and discusses in detail the various types of weapons and techniques favoured by terrorists, assessing for each the latest technological changes and their effects. It looks at intelligence,



propaganda and communications. It explores the tactics and strategy of terrorists and guerrillas and surveys the methods currently