Akins The Terrorism Trap

How the War on Terror Escalates Violence in America's Partner States
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55815-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Harrison Akins reveals how the war on terror has led to the unintended consequence of increasing domestic terrorism in U.S. partner states. He examines U.S.-backed counterterrorism operations that targeted al Qaeda in peripheral regions over which central governments held little control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akins, Harrison

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Sources
1. The Terrorism Trap
2. What’s in a Name? Al-Qaeda and Its Affiliates
3. The United States and Its Counterterrorism Partners
4. Our Man in Islamabad: Pakistan and the War on Terror
5. The Terrorism Trap in Yemen, Mali, and Egypt
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Statistical Analysis
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Harrison Akins is a political scientist and writer based in Washington, DC, who holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. For more than a decade, he has been researching, writing, and advising on conflict, development, South Asian politics, and U.S. foreign policy from several positions within both academia and the U.S. government.