266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Without money, terrorists cannot function as organizations and cannot conduct attacks. Yet the questions remain, how vulnerable are terrorists to financial disruptions? Can governments put pressure on their finances in meaningful ways or are they too resilient and adaptive to be affected by state actions? These and other questions about terrorism financing are vigorously debated by scholars... Read more
Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction to Financing Terrorism: Case Studies, Michael Freeman; Chapter 2 Sources of Terrorist Financing: Theory and Typology, Michael Freeman; Part II Middle East; Chapter 3 Insurgent and Terrorist Finances in Iraq, Michael Freeman, Christopher L’Heureux, Dan Furleigh, Duke Pope; Chapter 4 Hezbollah: The Organization and its Finances, Doug Philippone; Part III Asia; Chapter 5 Part iya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK), Moyara Ruehsen; Chapter 6 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Geoffrey Kambere, Puay Hock Goh, Pranav Kumar, Fulgence Msafiri; Chapter 7 Financing the Taliban, Reese Justin Y.; Chapter 8 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Christopher L. Corley; Chapter 9 Terrorist Financing in the Philippines, Wade A. Germann, Eric Hartunian, Richard A. Polen, Krishnamurti Mortela; Part IV Europe; Chapter 10 Financing the Loyalists in Northern Ireland, Stein-Fr Kynoe; Chapter 11 The Financing of Islamist Groups in Albania, Eduart Bala; Part V Americas; Chapter 12 The FARC of Colombia, Saul Hiram Bandala; Chapter 13 The Finances of the National Liberation Army (ELN), Celso Andrade-Garzon; Part VI Conclusion; Chapter 14 Thinking Critically about Terrorist Financing, Michael Freeman;
Biography
Michael Freeman is an Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA.
'Freeman has assembled a timely and important collection of insightful case studies that demonstrate how combating modern terrorist groups requires an understanding of their financial complexities and vulnerabilities. This book will be well-received by scholars, teachers and students in the field of terrorism studies as well as counterterrorism policymakers and practitioners.' James J.F. Forest, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA 'Financing Terrorism offers a unique examination of how and why terrorist groups raise money. The combination of innovative theory and rich case studies from leading academics and practitioners make this book an invaluable contribution to the study of terrorism.' Seth G. Jones, RAND and Georgetown University, USA
