Toward A Grand Strategy Against Terrorism

by Harmon, Christopher; Pratt, Andrew; Gorka, Sebastian

• ISBN13: 9780073527796
• ISBN10: 0073527793
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-22
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

Toward A Grand Strategy Against Terrorismis a cohesive series of essays prepared by noted academics and counterterrorism practitioners within and associated with the counterterrorism program of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. These chapters address both the use of military force and the employment of non-military tools, the role of international cooperation, and the importance of the ideological contest. Collectively, they push toward a grand strategy against terrorism.This volume makes the prudence and research and experience of the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies available to all who want to help in countering terrorism: students; those at military graduate schools; private experts on security in the business world; members of police forces and defense departments; conflict resolution experts; and many other sorts of practitioners seeking a sober and highly international approach.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
The Problem and Its History
Terrorism’s Evolution: Yesterday, Today, and Forever	p. 2
How Terrorist Groups End: Studies of the Twentieth Century	p. 28
International Cooperation as a Tool in Counterterrorism: Super-Purple as a Weapon to Defeat the Nonrational Terrorist	p. 71
Law, Force, and the Military Option	p. 85
International Law and Counterterrorism	p. 86
Illustrations of Discrete Uses of Force	p. 103
Building a National Counterterrorism Capability: A Primer for Operators and Policymakers Alike	p. 127
The Contribution of Counterinsurgency to a Strategy to Combat Global Terrorism	p. 138
Instruments of National Power	p. 153
Diplomacy: The First Weapon Against the Terrorist	p. 154
Engaging Reconcilables: Dialogue and Negotiation as Counterterrorism Strategies	p. 173
Intelligence and Counterterrorism: Examining the Critical Tools of Secrecy and Cooperation	p. 193
Following the Terrorist Money Trail	p. 210
Ideas Matter: How to Undermine the Extremist Ideology Behind al Qaeda	p. 228
Virtual Terrain, Lethal Potential: Toward Achieving Security in an Ungoverned Domain	p. 252
The Media and the Terrorist: Is There a “Right” Way to Cover Political Violence?	p. 282
Managing Counterterrorism Crises	p. 296
Case Studies	p. 313
The Limits and Opportunities of Effective Multilateralism: Germany’s Approach	p. 314
The Protection of Critical Infrastructure Within Germany	p. 328
The French Counterterrorism System	p. 341
Defeating Taliban in Afghanistan: A Nuanced Approach to Waging a Counterinsurgency	p. 362
Security Architecture: A Case Study of Pakistan’s Tribal Belt	p. 377
Afterword Boaz Ganor	p. 396
Index	p. 403
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