Autore	Fowler Michael C. <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina	355.02/18
Soggetto topico	Counterinsurgency Soldiers Terrorists War Security, International Insurgency
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-40990-5 9786612409905 0-313-06893-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455170003321

Autore	Fowler Michael C. <1965->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina	355.02/18
Soggetto topico	Counterinsurgency Insurgency Security, International Soldiers Terrorists War
ISBN	9798400609633 9786612409905 9781282409903 1282409905 9780313068935 0313068933
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Case for Global Insurgency -- What Is Happening? -- Why Insurgency? -- Three Factors for Success -- The Importance of Context -- The Path Ahead -- Chapter 2. Leadership and Mobilization -- Issues and Their Characteristics -- Organization -- Leadership -- Activation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Global Insurgency Warfare -- Dispersal and Eclecticism -- Defining the Adversary -- Operations -- New Battlefields -- Warfare Redefined -- Chapter 4. Intelligence -- Direction and Planning -- Collection -- Analysis and Production -- Dissemination -- Sabotage -- Organized Crime -- Chapter 5. Funding, Procurement, and Training -- Funding -- Procurement -- Training -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. A Theory of Global Insurgency -- Understanding Global Insurgency -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Implications -- Chapter 7. Al Qaeda and HMS Dreadnought -- Al Qaeda Tested -- Unplanned Political Agendas -- A New Path for Warfare -- What Can We Do? -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Works Consulted -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910961049703321

Autore	Thompson Peter G.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (247 p.)
Disciplina	355.02/18
Soggetto topico	Insurgency Special forces (Military science) Terrorists Security, International International relations and terrorism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-322-07590-5 1-4422-2654-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Importance of the Topic; What Are "Armed Groups"?; Book Objectives; Armed Groups and International Relations Theory; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Recommended Reading; Notes; 2 Conflict in the Twenty-First Century; Interstate Conflict Decreasing; The "New War" Paradigm?; Irregular Warfare; Role of Geopolitical and Geostrategic Factors; US Participation in Intrastate Conflicts; Armed-Group Threats to the United States; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; 3 What Are Armed Groups? Distinguishing Between Armed Groups and State MilitariesCommon Armed-Group Characteristics; Armed-Group Formation; Challenging the "Nonstate Actor" Label; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; 4 Armed-Group Archetypes; Insurgents; Terrorists; Transnational Criminal Organizations; Militias; "Commercial" Armed Groups; Evolution, "Hybridization," and the Crime-Terror Nexus; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; 5 Internal Characteristics; Leadership; Organization; Membership; Ideology; Objectives; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes 6 External CharacteristicsStrategy; Tactics; Strategic Communications; External Support; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; 7 Combating Armed Groups; Combating Grievances and the Environment; Military, Political, Legal, and Economic Constraints on Governments; General Countering Strategies; Combating the Armed Group; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; 8 Conclusion; Armed-Group Adaptation and Evolution; Future Armed-Group Threats; Combating Armed Groups; Three Questions; Recommended Readings; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458661503321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Newport, Rhode Island : , : United States Naval War College, , [2008?]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (502 p.)
Disciplina	355.02/18
Soggetto topico	Terrorism Terrorism - Prevention Terrorists Political violence Guerrilla warfare Counterinsurgency
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-935352-26-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Foreword / Admiral Stansfield Turner -- Introduction / Jeffrry H. Norvitz -- History and Armed Groups -- Pirates, Vikings, and Teutonic Knights / Peter T. Underwood -- The Italian Red Brigades (1969-1984): Political Revolution and Threats to the State / Paul J. Smith -- Armed Conflict in Cambodia and the UN Response / Carole Garrison -- Armed Groups and Diplomacy: East Timor's FRETILIN Guerrillas / Gene Christy -- Adapting to a Changing Environment-The Irish Republican Army as an Armed Group / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Pseudo Operations - A Double-Edged Sword of Counterinsurgency / Theodore L. Gatchel -- Present Context and Environment -- The Threat to the Maritime Domain: How Real Is the Terrorist Threat? / Rohan Gunaratna -- Armed Groups and the Law / Craig H. Allen -- Globalization and the Transformation of Armed Groups / Querine H. Hanlon -- Is It Possible to Deter Armed Groups? / Yosef Kuperwasser / Sanctuary: The Geopolitics of Terrorism and Insurgency / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Small Wars Are Local: Debunking Current Assumptions about Countering Small Armed Groups / Peter Curry -- Piracy and the Exploitation of Sanctuary / Maltin N. Murphy -- Domestic Terrorism: Forgotten, But Not Gone / Edward J. Valla and Gregory Comcowich -- The Threat of Armed Street Gangs in America / Edward J. Maggio -- Prosecuting Homegrown Extremists: Case Study of the Virginia "Paintball Jihad" Cell / Steven Emerson -- Religion as Inspiration -- Armed with the Power of Religion: Not Just a War of Ideas / Pauletta Otis -- Arming for Armageddon: Myths and Motivations of Violence in American Christian Apocalypticism / Timothy J. Demy -- Glory in Defeat and Other Islamist Ideologies / Mehrdad Mozayyan -- Thinking Differently about Armed Groups -- The Erosion of Constraints in Armed-Group Warfare: Bloody Tactics and Vulnerable Targets / Andrea J. Dew -- Knowledge Transfer and Shared Learning among Armed Groups / James J. F. Forest -- The "Memory of War": Tribes and the Legitimate Use of Force in Iraq / Montgomery McFate -- Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Tyrant or Guardian? / Derek S. Reveron and Jeffrey Stevenson Murer -- Disrupting and Influencing Leaders of Armed Groups / Elena Mastors and Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- Armed Groups through the Lens of Anthropology / David W. Kriebel -- The Shape of Things to Come -- Children on the Battlefield: The Breakdown of Moral Norms / P. W. Singer -- The "New Silk Road" of Terrorism and Organized Crime: The Key to Countering the Terror-Crime Nexus / Russell D. Howard and Colleen M. Traughber -- Shari'a Financing and the Corning Ummah / Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen -- Terrorism as an International Security Problem / Martha Crenshaw -- Takin' It to the Streets: Hydra Networks, Chaos Strategies, and the "New" Asymmetry / P. H. Liotta -- Virtual Sanctuary Enables Global Insurgency / Richard Shultz -- Armed Groups: Changing the Rules / T. X. Hammes -- Appendix: United Nations Guidelines on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups / United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453673603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	RAND Corporation, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	355.02/18
Soggetto topico	Counterinsurgency - Afghanistan Freedom of movement - Afghanistan Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government Military Science - General
ISBN	0-8330-7777-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910219976503321