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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816090003321

Autore

Jenkins Brian Michael

Titolo

Unconquerable nation : knowing our enemy, strengthening ourselves / / Brian Michael Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corp., 2006

ISBN

1-4337-0952-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/1560973

Soggetti

Terrorism - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

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 (p. 193-222) and index.

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