| Description |
Electronic data |
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vii, 36 pages : digital, PDF file |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Defining state failure -- Case study methodology -- Networks, nodes and hubs : a model for terrorism in failed states -- Liberia and Sierra Leone : the diamond-terror nexus -- Somalia : nodes and hubs since 9/11 -- Raising the stakes : the nuclear dimension of the terrorist threat -- The U.S. response : current strategies and their limitations -- Finding synergy in military and law enforcement efforts : an alternative approach -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Terrorist groups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa failed states have demonstrated the ability to avoid the scrutiny of Western counterterrorism officials, while supporting and facilitating terrorist attacks on the United States and its partners. The potential acquisition of nuclear weapons by terrorists makes terrorist groups operating from failed states especially dangerous. U.S. counterterrorism strategies largely have been unsuccessful in addressing this threat. A new strategy is called for, one that combines both military and law enforcement efforts in a fully integrated counterterrorism effort, supported by a synthesis of foreign intelligence capabilities with intelligence-led policing to identify, locate, and take into custody terrorists operating from failed states before they are able to launch potentially catastrophic attacks |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 8, 2006) |
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"April 2006." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-36) |
| File Type |
Electronic book |
| Notes |
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Mode of access: Internet from the SSI web site. Address as of 4/17/06: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB649.pdf; current access available via PURL |
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Also issued in paper format |
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s 2006 pau n s |
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s 2006 vau n s |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Prevention
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Terrorists -- Sierra Leone -- Case studies
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Terrorists -- Liberia -- Case studies
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Terrorists -- Somalia -- Case studies
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Legitimacy of governments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Political stability -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Legitimacy of governments.
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Political stability.
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Terrorism -- Prevention.
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Terrorists.
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Liberia.
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Sierra Leone.
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Somalia.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
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| ISBN |
1584872381 |
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9781584872382 |
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