Martha Crenshaw

Countering Terrorism

No Simple Solutions

Buch

Can America construct a grand strategy to counter terrorism?Years after September 11, the United States still faces terror threats-both domestic and foreign. Undeterred by wars, ever more intensive and pervasive surveillance, enhanced security measures at major transportation centers, and many attempts to explain whom we are fighting, and why, and how to push back, the threats continue to multiply. So, too, do our attempts to understand just what terrorism is and ways to counter it.Two leaders in the field of terrorism studies provide a critical look at responses to the terror threat over the years-and make clear why the task is so difficult.… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Lafree, Gary

ISBN: 978-0-8157-2764-4
EAN: 9780815727644
Produktnummer: 19666303
Verlag: Brookings Institution
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.5 cm 460 g
Abbildungen: 6 illustrations
Gewicht: 460

Über den Autor

Martha Crenshaw is a senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, as well as professor of political science, by courtesy, at Stanford University. She is also professor of government emerita at Wesleyan University and a lead investigator with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland.Gary LaFree is professor of criminology and criminal justice and director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. He is a past president of the American Society of Criminology, a member of the Attorney General's Science Advisory Board, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Law and Justice.