Routledge handbook of U.S. counterterrorism and irregular warfare operations /

This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of US counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around the globe. Terrorist groups have evolved substantially since 9/11, with the Islamic State often described as a pseudo-state, a terrorist grou...

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Other Authors: Sheehan, Michael A. (Editor), Marquardt, Erich, 1980- (Editor), Collins, Liam, 1970- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, [2022]
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Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of Islamist terrorism in the 20th century / James J.F. Forest
  • The ideology behind al-Qaida and the Islamic State / Daniel Rudder and Christopher Heffelfinger
  • The evolution of al-Qaida : 1988 to present day / Seth G. Jones
  • The history of the Islamic State : from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi / Brian Fishman
  • Contemporary conflict and political violence in the Levant / Benedetta Berti
  • Jihadi militancy and Houthi insurgency in Yemen / Elisabeth Kendall
  • The roots of terrorism in North and West Africa : AQIM and Boko Haram / Alice Hunt Friend
  • Al-Shabaab and the Horn of Africa / Ken Menkhaus
  • The history of terrorism in Southeast Asia / Peter Chalk
  • The Taliban and the modern history of Afghanistan / Rob Johnson
  • The modern history of Iran and the birth of the Shia proxy model / Alex Vatanka
  • Terrorism, insurgency, and criminal insurgency in Latin America / Roman D. Ortiz
  • El Salvador : Operations and Planning Assistance Training Teams and a minimalist approach to counterinsurgency / Cecil E. Bailey
  • Plan Colombia and the U.S. Army's 7th Special Forces Group / Kevin M. Higgins
  • The story of the U.S. role in the killing of Pablo Escobar / Mark Bowden
  • The Iran-Contra Affair and the Afghan Task Force : lessons in covert action / Jack Devine and Amanda Mattingly
  • The horse soldiers : lessons from expeditionary unconventional warfare / Mark E. Mitchell
  • Special Operations Forces and Afghan Local Police programs / Donald C. Bolduc and Chris Hensley
  • U.S. civilian architecture for stabilization and counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (2012-2013) / Keith Mines
  • Dismantling al-Qaida in Iraq / Liam Collins
  • Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines : lessons in special warfare / David S. Maxwell
  • Operation Serval : a swift intervention with a small footprint in Mali / Michael A. Sheehan and Pascale C. Siegel
  • U.S. counterterrorism policy in Yemen from 2010-2020 / Luke Hartig
  • Defeating the Islamic State : Special Operations Forces in Syria / Anthony Messenger, Nick Lewis-Walls, Mike Parker, Bert Pedrigi, and David P. Kearns
  • The Joint Terrorism Task Force : investigating to disrupt and prosecute terrorists / Ali Soufan
  • Creating the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau / Michael A. Sheehan
  • The inside story of how the NYPD's Intelligence Division adapted in the wake of 9/11 / David Cohen
  • Lessons learned from four high-casualty terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 / Paul Cruickshank
  • Social media recruitment of Americans : a case study from the Islamic State / Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens and Seamus Hughes
  • Countering extremist organizations in the information domain / Joseph Mroszczyk and Max Abrahms
  • Theater Special Operations Command : the operational employment of U.S. Special Operations Forces / Charles T. Cleveland and Liam Collins
  • Theater command in Afghanistan : taking charge of "The Other War" in 2003-2005 / David W. Barno
  • America's drone wars outside of conventional war zones / Peter Bergen and A.G. Sims
  • The United Kingdom's approach to counterterrorism / Robin Simcox and Hannah Stuart.