Know thy enemy II : a look at the world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs / edited by Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, and Barry R. Schneider

Additional Titles:: Know thy enemy two, Know thy enemy 2, and Look at the world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs
Published:: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : USAF Counterproliferation Center, 2007.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (ix, 450 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:: Schneider, Barry R., Post, Jerrold M., Kindt, Michael T., and USAF Counterproliferation Center

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Contents:

Section 1: Broader non-state actor issues: 1. Suicide terrorism: are there important counterterrorist lessons to be learned? / James E. Winkates -- 2. Al Qaeda's modus operandi: anticipating their target selection / Barry R. Schneider -- 3. The mind of the terrorist: the spectrum of terrorism and terrorist psychologies / Jerrold M. Post -- 4. Political islam and radical islam: the cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh / Stephen F. Burgess -- 5. Why women kill: a look at the evolutionary role of Muslim female fighters / Furhana Ali -- 6. "Like glitters of the sun": Iran and terrorism / Gregory F. Giles -- 7. Terrorist use of WMD / James J.F. Forest. Section 2: Specific non-state actor groups. 8. a state within a state / Michael T. Kindt -- 9. Hamas: the Islamic Resistance Movement / Jerrold M. Post -- 10. Al Qaeda 2.0 and the global Salafi jihad / Jerrold M. Post -- 11. Jemaah Islamiyah remains active and deadly / James C. Whitmire -- 12. The Mexican drug cartels: at war for control of the U.S.-Mexican border / Dario E. Teicher -- 13. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) / Jerrold M. Post -- 14. Mara Salvatrucha: a threat to U.S. and Central American security / Tina S. Strickland.

Report Numbers:

D 301.26/27:K 76

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Note:

"November 2007."
"This volume is the second in the USAF Counterproliferation Center's Know thy enemy series. ... This book ... focuses on sub-state actors, terrorist organizations and criminal gangs that are of serious security concern to the United States."--Page [v].

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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