1st Edition

The Ideological War on Terror Worldwide Strategies For Counter-Terrorism

Edited By Anne Aldis, Graeme Herd Copyright 2007
304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited book addresses the appropriateness of US and other counter-terrorist (CT) strategies in Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and in Latin America, with a view to improving their effectiveness. The book has three main objectives: to re-examine terrorists' strategic goals and sources of legitimacy and the nature of their ideological support to analyze... Read more

Preface  Part I: Introduction  1. Approaches to Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism Magnus Ranstorp and Graeme P. Herd  2. Ideology in Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Lessons from al Qaeda Rohan Gunaratna Part II: The Greater Middle East  3. Saudi Arabia's Conundrum and the al Qaeda Insurgency  Richard L Russell  4. Countering Terrorism: Hizbullah's Appeal Fariborz Mokhtari  5. Countering Arab Television? Assessing the Effect of Alhurra Anne-Marie Baylouny  6. Islamic Radicalism in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Rouben Azizian  7. Countering Ideological Support: the Case of the Ferghana Valley Ehsan Ahrari  Part III: Southeast Asia  8. Combating al Jama’ah al Islamiyyah in Southeast Asia Rohan Gunaratna  9. It's the Story, Stupid: Neutralizing Radical Islamism in Southeast Asia Kumar Ramakrishna  10. Counter-Ideological Work: Singapore Experience Muhammad Haniff Hassan  Part IV: Latin and South America  11. Terrorism in the Southern Cone Salvador Raza  12. Confronting Terrorism in Latin America: Building Cooperation in the Andean Ridge Boris Saavedra  13. Countering Ideological Support to Terrorism in the Circum-Caribbean John T. Fishel and Mary Grizzard  Part V: Europe and Africa  14. Countering Islamist Radicals in Eastern Europe Gyorgy Lederer  15. South African Experience of Countering Terrorists David Africa  Part VI: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations  16. Synthesising Strategies World-Wide Graeme P. Herd and Anne Aldis  Bibliography  Index

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Anne Aldis, Graeme Herd