Armed groups : studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency by Norwitz, Jeffrey H; Naval War College (U.S.) instant download

Armed groups : studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency by Norwitz, Jeffrey H; Naval War College (U.S.) instant download

xxvi, 475 p. : 24 cm, Shipping list no.: 2008-0454-P, Includes bibliographical references, Foreword / Admiral Stansfield Turner -- Introduction / Jeffrry H. Norvitz -- History and Armed Groups -- Pirates, Vikings, and Teutonic Knights / Peter T. Underwood -- The Italian Red Brigades (1969-1984): Political Revolution and Threats to the State / Paul J. Smith -- Armed Conflict in Cambodia and the UN Response / Carole Garrison -- Armed Groups and Diplomacy: East Timor's FRETILIN Guerrillas / Gene Christy -- Adapting to a Changing Environment-The Irish Republican Army as an Armed Group / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Pseudo Operations - A Double-Edged Sword of Counterinsurgency / Theodore L. Gatchel -- Present Context and Environment -- The Threat to the Maritime Domain: How Real Is the Terrorist Threat? / Rohan Gunaratna -- Armed Groups and the Law / Craig H. Allen -- Globalization and the Transformation of Armed Groups / Querine H. Hanlon -- Is It Possible to Deter Armed Groups? / Yosef Kuperwasser / Sanctuary: The Geopolitics of Terrorism and Insurgency / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Small Wars Are Local: Debunking Current Assumptions about Countering Small Armed Groups / Peter Curry -- Piracy and the Exploitation of Sanctuary / Maltin N. Murphy -- Domestic Terrorism: Forgotten, But Not Gone / Edward J. Valla and Gregory Comcowich -- The Threat of Armed Street Gangs in America / Edward J. Maggio -- Prosecuting Homegrown Extremists: Case Study of the Virginia \"Paintball Jihad\" Cell / Steven Emerson -- Religion as Inspiration -- Armed with the Power of Religion: Not Just a War of Ideas / Pauletta Otis -- Arming for Armageddon: Myths and Motivations of Violence in American Christian Apocalypticism / Timothy J. Demy -- Glory in Defeat and Other Islamist Ideologies / Mehrdad Mozayyan -- Thinking Differently about Armed Groups -- The Erosion of Constraints in Armed-Group Warfare: Bloody Tactics and Vulnerable Targets / Andrea J. Dew -- Knowledge Transfer and Shared Learning among Armed