LEADER 02841nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910459038503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781135197221 010 $a0-415-85193-9 010 $a0-203-87023-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035677 035 $a(EBL)452312 035 $a(OCoLC)664231130 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430430 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12173550 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430430 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456204 035 $a(PQKB)11252674 035 $a(OCoLC)658189063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC452312 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL452312 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10413116 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL760816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035677 100 $a20090406d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUS counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda$b[electronic resource] $esignalling and the terrorist world-view /$fJoshua Alexander Geltzer 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary security studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-66452-7 311 $a0-415-55232-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThis book examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda. Recent US counter-terrorist strategy has been largely based upon projecting certain perceptions of America as an actor to those drawn to al-Qaeda, and this book investigates in what ways, and to what extent, US officials believed that the signals sent by what America did and said could influence the behaviour of the terrorist and would-be terrorist. The study then draws on a growing understanding of that audience to analyse how those drawn to al-Qaeda were and, indeed, sti 410 0$aContemporary security studies. 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aTerrorism$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorists 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aTerrorism$xGovernment policy 615 0$aTerrorists. 676 $a363.325/160973 700 $aGeltzer$b Joshua Alexander$0854142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459038503321 996 $aUS counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda$91907307 997 $aUNINA