Defeating terrorism: shaping the new security environment / edited by Russell D Howard, Reid L. Sawyer
Material type: TextPublication details: Guilford, Conn: McGraw-Hill Dushkin, 2004Description: xv, 158 pISBN:- 0072873027 (pbk):
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Book | Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf | 363.32 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 20362-1001 |
Collection of papers that look at various aspects of "new terrorism" identifying how it differs from old terrorism and what can be done to deal with it. Aspects covered include the globalisation of terror, attacking terrorism in the financial arena, privatizing counterterrorism, networked terrorism, what to do about WMD, suicide terrorism, the role of the business community, preemptive military doctrine, countering Al Qaeda, and focussing national (U.S.) strategy. Some of the papers have been previously published or given at conferences before appearing in this collection.
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