TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheehan,Michael A.
AU  - Collins,Liam
AU  - Collins,Liam
AU  - Marquardt,Erich
AU  - Marquardt,Erich
AU  - Sheehan,Michael A.
TI  - Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations
SN  - 9780367758363
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Defence strategy, planning & research
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Middle Eastern history
KW  - Military history: post WW2 conflicts
KW  - Military history
KW  - Terrorism, armed struggle
KW  - Warfare & defence
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - al Qaeda
KW  - drones
KW  - Iraq
KW  - irregular warfare
KW  - ISIS
KW  - jihadist groups
KW  - special operations forces
KW  - The Long War
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of U.S. counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around the globe. Terrorist groups have evolved substantially since 9/11, with the Islamic State often described as a pseudo-state, a terrorist group, and insurgency all at the same time. While researchers', analysts', and policymakers' understanding of terrorism has grown immensely over the past two decades, similar advancements in the understanding of counterterrorism lag. As such, this handbook explains why it is necessary to take a broader view of counterterrorism which can, and often does, include irregular warfare. The volume is divided into three thematic sections: Part I examines modern terrorism in the Islamic world and gives an overview of the major terrorist groups from the past three decades; Part II provides a wide variety of case studies of counterterrorism and irregular warfare operations, spanning from the 1980s to the irregular warfare campaign against the Islamic State in northern Syria in 2018; Part III examines the government instruments used to combat terrorism and wage irregular warfare, such as drones, Theater Special Operations Commands, and Theater Commands. The handbook fills a gap in the traditional counterterrorism literature by its inclusion of irregular warfare and by providing analyses from academic experts as well as practitioners. It will be of much interest to students of counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, U.S. national security, military affairs, and International Relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-US-Counterterrorism-and-Irregular-Warfare-Operations/Sheehan-Marquardt-Collins/p/book/9780367758363, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/47c4e4aa-0f2c-43fe-b0fc-d8e2d563e934/9781000423365.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49994
ER  -