Global Alert: The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World - Couverture souple

Ganor, Boaz

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231172133 ISBN 13 : 9780231172134

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Many associate terrorism with irrational behavior and believe only lunatics could perpetuate such horrific acts. Global Alert debunks this myth by anatomizing the rationale behind modern terrorism. It draws a distinct picture of its root and instrumental causes and plots the different stages of a terrorist attack, from indoctrination and recruitment to planning, preparation, and launch.

Global Alert also exposes the measured exploitation of democratic institutions by terrorists to further their goals. Despite its strong capabilities and extensive resources, the modern liberal-democratic state is nevertheless subject to the rules of war, which partially restrict the state's ability to operate and maneuver. Boaz Ganor shows how terrorist organizations exploit these values to paralyze or neutralize the states they oppose. In outlining this new "hybrid" terrorist organization and its activity in both the military-terrorist arena and the political-welfare arena, Ganor advances an international doctrine for governing military operations between state and nonstate actors as part of a new type of armed conflict termed "multidimensional warfare."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Boaz Ganor is the Dean and Ronald Lauder Chair for Counterterrorism at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. His publications include Global Alert: The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World (Columbia, 2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231172133
• ISBN 13: 9780231172134
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Columbia University Press; https://cup.columbia.edu/; ; OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 412 LOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY 535 W. 116THSTR; NEW YORK; NY; 10027; Etats-Unis
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