Gartenstein-Ross / Joscelyn Enemies Near and Far

How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55126-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Two internationally recognized experts use newly available documents from al-Qaeda and ISIS to explain how jihadist groups think, grow, and adapt. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn recast militant groups as learning organizations, detailing their embrace of strategic, tactical, and technological innovation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed

Joscelyn, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Totalitarismus & Diktaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Fire Next Time
2. Learning to Win
3. The Far-Enemy Strategy
4. The Unfriendly Skies: Plots Against Aviation
5. The Early Adopter: Anwar al-Awlaki in the Digital Space
6. Strategic Learning: Al-Qaeda and Jihadism in the Arab Spring
7. The Islamic State’s Rise and Rule
8. The Fitna: ISIS Versus al-Qaeda
9. How al-Qaeda Survived the War in Afghanistan
10. ISIS’s External Operations: A Study in Innovation
11. The Past and Future of Jihadist Organizational Learning
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is the founder and chief executive officer of Valens Global and a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He has led numerous policy projects, including serving as the lead drafter of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 2019 Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence. His books include My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir (2007).

Thomas Joscelyn is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he is also senior editor of the Long War Journal. He has served as a consultant for the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division.