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Autore |
Jenkins Brian Michael |
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Titolo |
Unconquerable nation : knowing our enemy, strengthening ourselves / / Brian Michael Jenkins |
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Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corp., 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism - United States |
Terrorism - United States - Prevention |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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