Armed groups : : studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency / / Jeffrey H. Norwitz, editor.

• TeilnehmendeR: Norwitz, Jeffrey H.,; Naval War College (U.S.),
• Place / Publishing House: Newport, Rhode Island : : United States Naval War College,, [2008?]; [Washington, District of Columbia] : : [Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, distributor],, [date of distribution not identified]
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (502 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Shipping list no.: 2008-0454-P.

Table of Contents

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 Groups / James J. F. Forest -- The "Memory of War": Tribes and the Legitimate Use of Force in Iraq / Montgomery McFate -- Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Tyrant or Guardian? / Derek S. Reveron and Jeffrey Stevenson Murer -- Disrupting and Influencing Leaders of Armed Groups / Elena Mastors and Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- Armed Groups through the Lens of Anthropology / David W. Kriebel -- The Shape of Things to Come -- Children on the Battlefield: The Breakdown of Moral Norms / P. W. Singer -- The "New Silk Road" of Terrorism and Organized Crime: The Key to Countering the Terror-Crime Nexus / Russell D. Howard and Colleen M. Traughber -- Shari'a Financing and the Corning Ummah / Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen -- Terrorism as an International Security Problem / Martha Crenshaw -- Takin' It to the Streets: Hydra Networks, Chaos Strategies, and the "New" Asymmetry / P. H. Liotta -- Virtual Sanctuary Enables Global Insurgency / Richard Shultz -- Armed Groups: Changing the Rules / T. X. Hammes -- Appendix: United Nations Guidelines on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups / United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.