Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training

by Sloan, Stephen; Bunker, Robert J.; Sloan, Roberta; Boren, David L.

• ISBN13: 9780806141831
• ISBN10: 0806141832
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-05
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

In Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training, Sloan and Bunker, developers of simulation- driven counterterrorist training, take readers through the prerequisites for and basic principles of conducting a successful simulation and preparing responders to face threatswhether from teenage shooters or from sophisticated terrorist organizations. The authors clearly explain how to create an effective red team whose members can operate from within the terrorists mindset. An innovative chapter by theater professional Roberta Sloan demonstrates how to use dramatic techniques to teach red teams believable role-playing.

Author Biography

A pioneer in terrorism research and education, Stephen Sloan is the author of fourteen books, including the groundbreaking Simulating Terrorism. Robert J. Bunker, an expert on unconventional security threats, is author of numerous books, including Networks, Terrorism, and Global Insurgency. Roberta Sloan is Professor of Theater at Temple University. David L. Boren, currently President of the University of Oklahoma, was the longest-serving chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Organization of the Book	p. xxiii
Abbreviations	p. xxix
Terrorism and Simulations Today	p. 3
Basic Principles of Conducting a Simulation	p. 16
Guiding the Simulation	p. 32
Murphy's Law Can Prove Fatal	p. 56
The Red Team: Developing an Adversarial Perspective	p. 72
Getting the Red Team Ready for Its Role, by Roberta Sloan	p. 91
Terrorist Attack Cycle	p. 102
Future Terrorism: Out-Innovating the Terrorists	p. 124
Intelligence-Driven Simulations	p. 141
Hostage-Taking and Active-Aggressor Simulations	p. 149
The Cost of Failures in Intelligence: The Tragedy of Fort Hood	p. 159
Notes	p. 165
Selected Bibliography	p. 175
Index	p. 179
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