Shultz / Dew Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias

The Warriors of Contemporary Combat
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-50342-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2006

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shultz, Richard H.

Dew, Andrea J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. War After the Cold War
2. Assessing Enemies
3. Tribes and Clans
4. Somalia: Death, Disorder, and Destruction
5. Chechnya: Russia's Bloody Quagmire
6. Afghanistan: A Superpower Conundrum
7. Iraq: From Dictatorship to Democracy?
8. When Soldiers Fight Warriors: Lessons Learned for Policymakers, Military Planners, and Intelligence Analysts

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard H. Shultz Jr. is director of the International Security Studies Program at Tufts University's Fletcher School. He is the author of many books, including The Secret War Against Hanoi: Kennedy and Johnson's Use of Spies, Saboteurs, and Covert Warriors in North Vietnam.

Andrea J. Dew is codirector of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) and an associate professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. As the codirector of CIWAG, she is responsible for developing curriculum, case studies, and scholarly research on the threats and opportunities posed by irregular warfare and armed groups. A graduate of Southampton University, England, she earned her masters and doctorate in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her previous research fellowships include research associate for the International Security Studies Program at the Fletcher School and a security studies fellowship at the Belfer Center on Science in International Affairs, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.