The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs

Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groups from Al Qaeda to Mexican drug cartels and includes a chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security.

"The articles in this book . . . discus the major terrorist threats to the US, including radical Islam, al Qaeda, Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas, as well as methods used by terrorists, especially suicide bombing. The authors offer important facts and details on each of the threats and what the US might do to counter them. From a military or intelligence points of view, the book has great value because of its facts and statistics. Summing up: Recommended. Most levels/libraries." - Choice

Autorentext
BARRY R. SCHNEIDER is the Director of the USAF Counterproliferation Centre (CPC) at Maxwell AFB, and is also a Professor of International Relations at the Air War College, USA.

JERROLD M. POST is Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director of the Political Psychology Program at The George Washington University, USA.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DR. MICHAEL T. KINDT is the Director of Counterterrorism Studies at the USAF CPC, USA.

Inhalt
PART I: BROADER NON-STATE ACTOR ISSUES Suicide Terrorism: Are There Important Counterterrorist Lessons to be Learned?; J.E.Winkates Al Qaeda's Modus Operandi: Anticipating Their Target Selection; B.R.Schneider Political Islam and Radical Islam: The Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh; S.F.Burgess 'Like Glitter of the Sun': Iran and Terrorism; G.F.Giles Terrorist use of WMD; J.J.F.Forest PART II: SPECIFIC NON-STATE ACTOR GROUPS Hezbollah: A State Within a State; M.T.Kindt Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement; J.M.Post Al Qaeda 2.0 and the Global Salafi Jihad; J.M.Post Jemaah Islamiyah Remains Active and Deadly; J.C.Whitmire The Mexican Drug Cartels: At War for Control of the U.S.Mexico Border; D.E.Teicher Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); J.M.Post Mara Salvatrucha: A Threat to U.S. and Central American Security; T.S.Strickland