Analyzes the most significant dimensions of combating terrorism and insurgency, including considerations of strategic and tactical issues (hard power, soft power, and counterintelligence); the need to thwart sources and facilitators (weak governments, ill-conceived foreign policy, and trafficking in drugs, guns, and humans); and the incorporation of lessons learned thus far from combating terrorism around the globe.
Volume I :Editors Note Preface Acknowledgments 1. Strategic and Tactical Considerations: An Introduction PART I: STRATEGIC AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 2. U.S. Grand Strategy for Countering Islamist Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century 3. Thinking Strategically: Can Democracy Defeat Terrorism? 4. Twenty-First Century Insurgencies: Understanding the Use of Terrorism as a Strategy 5. Developing and Implementing Counterterrorism Policy in a Liberal Democracy 6. Morality, Ethics and Law in the Global War on Terrorism (the Long War) 7. The Critical Role of Interagency Cooperation in Combating Suicide Bombings 8. The U.S. Government's Counterterrorism Research and Development Programs PART II: HARD POWER 9. National Objectives in the Hands of Junior Leaders 10. Engaging Military Contractors in Counterterrorism Operations 11. Manhunting: A Process to Find Persons of National Interest 12. Guerilla Warfare and Law Enforcement: Combating the 21st Century Terrorist Cell Within the United States 13. Combating Terror in U.S. Communities: The SWAT Mission PART III: SOFT POWER 14. Denying Terrorists Sanctuary through Civil Military Operations 15. Battlefronts in the War of Ideas 16. The Centrality of Ideology in Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Middle East 17. Public Diplomacy as Strategic Communication 18. Cyber Mobilization: The Neglected Aspect of Information Operations and Counterinsurgency Doctrine 19. The Key Role of Psychological Operations in Countering Terrorism PART IV: INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 20. The Contemporary Challenges of Counterterrorism Intelligence 21. Multinational Intelligence Cooperation 22. Intelligence Coordination and Counterterrorism: A European Perspective 23. Coping with Terrorism: Lessons Learned from the Israeli Secret Services 24. Facilitating Interagency Communication and Open Source Intelligence for Counterterrorism 25. Al Qaidas Surveillance Offensive Against America, 1997-2001: Implications for U.S. Homeland Countersurveillance 26. Forecasting Terrorist Groups Warfare: Conventional to CBRN Appendix A: National Security Strategy of the United States Appendix B: National Strategy for Combating Terrorism Notes Select Bibliography and Resources for Further Reading Index About the Editor and Contributors Volume II :Preface Acknowledgments 1. Combating the Sources and Facilitators of Terrorism: An Introduction PART I: GOVERNMENTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM 2. Combating State Sponsors of Terrorism 3. The Democratic Deficit: The Need for Liberal Democratization 4. The Role of Democratization in Reducing the Appeal of Extremist Groups in North Africa and the Middle East 5. Authoritarian and Corrupt Governments 6. The Failed State 7. Border Controls and State Insecurity PART II: CRIMINAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS 8. Combating the International Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons 9. Terrorism Finance: Global Responses to the Terrorism Money Trail 10. Organized Criminal Networks and Terrorism 11. The Global Drug Trade and its Nexus to Terrorism 12. Afghanistans Transformation to a Narco-Terrorist State: An Economic Perspective 13. The Shadow Economy and Terrorist Infrastructure 14. International Energy Dependence: Facilitator and Vulnerability 15. Red Sky in the Morning: The Nexus between International Maritime Piracy and Transnational Terrorism 16. Understanding and Countering the Motives and Methods of Warlords PART III: SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC INFLUENCE 17. Responding to Psychological, Social, Economic and Political Roots of Terrorism 18. Suicide, Homicide or Martyrdom: Whats in a Name? 19. Understanding and Combating Education for Martyrdom 20. Terrorism and New Media: The Cyber-Battlespace 21. Cry Terror and Let Slip the Media Dogs 22. Terror TV? An Exploration Of Hizbollahs Al-Manar Television 23. Socio-Cultural, Economic and Demographic Aspects of Counterterrorism PART IV: U.S. RESPONSES TO THE GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT 24. Terrorism, Insurgency and Afghanistan 25. Fighting al Qaida: Understanding the Organizational, Ideological, and Financial Aspects of a Global Network of Terror 26. Iraq in the 21st Century 27. The Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative: Americas New Commitment to Africa 28. Values, Emotions and the Global War on Terror Appendix: The United Nations Global Counterterrorism Strategy Notes Select Bibliography and Resources for Further Reading Index About the Editor and Contributors Volume III :Preface Acknowledgments 1. An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Counterterrorism 2. Educating the Next Generation of Counterterrorism Professionals PART I: CASE STUDIES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AND COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS 3. Beginning of a War: The United States and the Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 4. The Achille Lauro Hijacking 5. The February 1993 Attack on the World Trade Center 6. Insurgent Seizure of an Urban Area: Grozny, 1996 7.
JAMES J. F. FOREST is Director of Terrorism Studies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he teaches courses on counterterrorism and information warfare and directs research initiatives for the Combating Terrorism Center (http://ctc.usma.edu).
This three-volume collection edited by Forest gathers together
dozens of experts, military and academic, on the topic of global
terrorism. Forest has written a preface and introduction to each
volume. In effect, contributors' essays answer such questions from
Forest as What do we know about effectively countering terrorism?,
What are the characteristics of successful or unsuccessful
counterterrorism campaigns?, and What do we need to learn in order
to better handle this threat? Forest notes that terrorism has been
around for hundreds of years and that the ability of terrorists to
adapt to the changing international environment, use technology,
and maintain lines of communication helps them remain viable. He
recognizes that no single method will be successful in eradicating
terrorism but advocates that nations themselves adapt by using not
just greater technology but greater international communication and
cooperation. The set is well organized, with chapters arranged
thematically….Although each volume can in fact function as a
standalone text, the set should be maintained as one complete work.
Recommended for academic and large public libraries.
*Library Journal*
Aiming to encourage the development of learning organizations among
national security professionals by examining what we currently know
about the strategic application of hard and soft power in
countering the sources and facilitators of terrorism, Forest
presents a three-volume set of some 60 thematic essays and case
studies summarizing existing knowledge in the field of
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, largely from the
perspective of the industrialized democracies.
*Reference & Research Book News*
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