US counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda [[electronic resource] ] : signalling and the terrorist world-view / / Joshua Alexander Geltzer

• Autore: Geltzer Joshua Alexander
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/160973
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - United States - Prevention; Terrorism - Government policy - United States; Terrorists
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, sti
• Titolo autorizzato: US counter-terrorism strategy and al-Qaeda
• ISBN: 9781135197221; 0-415-85193-9; 0-203-87023-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459038503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary security studies.