ISBN:
9780833026675
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0833026674
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0585239576
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9780585239576
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9780833032560
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0833032569
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxi, 153 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Countering the new terrorism
DDC:
303.625
Keywords:
United States / Air Force Security measures
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United States / Air Force
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United States Security measures
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United States Security measures
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United States
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Terrorism Prevention
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United States
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Information warfare Prevention
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United States
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National security United States
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Air power United States
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National security
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Information warfare Prevention
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Air power
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Terrorism Prevention
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Information warfare Prevention
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National security
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Air power
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Terrorism Prevention
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Air power
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Information warfare ; Prevention
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Military policy
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National security
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Armed Forces ; Security measures
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Terrorism ; Prevention
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism
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United States Military policy
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United States
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United States Military policy
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United States Military policy
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United States
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Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The contours of terrorism are changing, and the new terrorism has more diverse sources, motivations, and tactics than the old. It is more lethal, global in reach, and characterized by network forms of organization. Terrorist sponsorship is becoming hazier and "privatized." The August 1998 terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania fit in many ways the new mold. The chapters in this book trace the evolution of international terrorism against civilian and U.S. military targets, look ahead to where terrorism is going, and assess how it might be contained. Terrorism and counterterrorism are placed in strategic perspective, including how terrorism might be applied as an asymmetric strategy by less-capable adversaries. The report builds on a existing body of RAND research on terrorism and political violence, and makes extensive use of the RAND-St. Andrews Chronology of International Terrorism
Note:
"Prepared for the United States Air Force. - "Project Air Force. - "MR-989-AF"--Page 4 of cover. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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"Project Air Force
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"MR-989-AF"--P. [4] of cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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