02841nam 2200649 a 450 991045903850332120200520144314.097811351972210-415-85193-90-203-87023-9(CKB)2670000000035677(EBL)452312(OCoLC)664231130(SSID)ssj0000430430(PQKBManifestationID)12173550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430430(PQKBWorkID)10456204(PQKB)11252674(OCoLC)658189063(MiAaPQ)EBC452312(Au-PeEL)EBL452312(CaPaEBR)ebr10413116(CaONFJC)MIL760816(EXLCZ)99267000000003567720090406d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUS counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda[electronic resource] signalling and the terrorist world-view /Joshua Alexander GeltzerLondon ;New York Routledge20101 online resource (225 p.)Contemporary security studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-66452-7 0-415-55232-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, stiContemporary security studies.TerrorismUnited StatesPreventionTerrorismGovernment policyUnited StatesTerroristsElectronic books.TerrorismPrevention.TerrorismGovernment policyTerrorists.363.325/160973Geltzer Joshua Alexander854142MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459038503321US counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda1907307UNINA