Democracy and Counterterrorism Lessons from the Past

Name: Democracy and Counterterrorism Lessons from the Past
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ISBN: 9781929223930

ISBN-10: 1929223935

ISBN-13: 9781929223930

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert J. Art, Louise Richardson

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Combating terrorism is nothing new for democracies. Over the course of decades, a wide range of democratic states has encountered an array of terrorist groups???and, moreover, has often prevailed against them. As this timely and stimulating volume makes clear, the United States can learn much from fellow democracies to help it in its current war against al Qaeda and affiliated groups. "Democracy and Counterterrorism" offers unparalleled breadth in its comparative study of the policies, strategies, and instruments employed in the fight against terrorism. The distinguished contributors???some scholars, some practitioners, and all renowned experts???examine no fewer than fourteen cases,…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press (USIP Press)
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 481
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University. He is the author of The TFX Decision: McNamara and the Military and coeditor of The United States and Coercive Diplomacy (with Patrick Cronin) and U.S. Foreign Policy: the Search for a New Role (with Seyom Brown).




Introduction : democracy and counterterrorism : lessons from the past




The red brigades




Britain and the IRA




Cenfronting ethnonationalist terrorism in Spain : political and coercive measures against ETA




France and the GIA




Venezuela : the FALN-FLN




"Terror in the name of Mao" : revolution and response in Peru




Colombia and the FARC : failed attempts to stop violence and terrorism in a weak state




Israel, Hamas, and Fatah




Israel and the Lebanese Hizballah




Turkey and the PKK : a Pyrrhic victory?




Russia and Chechnya




Countering terrorist movements in India : Kashmir and Khalistan




Sri Lanka and the liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam




Japan and Aum Shinrikyo




Conclusion