Democracy and Counterterrorism by R Art

Democracy and Counterterrorism by R Art

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, featuring thirteen states and sixteen major terrorist groups. Each case study includes a brief overview, a detailed analysis of the policies and techniques that the government employed, and an assessment of which measures proved most effective and instructive. The substantial conclusion draws together common threads from the individual cases and asks what lessons their collective experience can offer to the democracies now battling al Qaeda and the global jihadists. Among the answers sure to interest policymakers as well as academics is that the constraints within which democracies must fight terrorism are actually a source of strength; democratic governments that seek simply to obliterate terrorism by force usually succeed only in making their problems worse.

Louise Richardson is the Executive Dean of Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is the author or editor of three books: What Terrorists Want (2006), Democracy and Counterterrorism: Lessons from the Past (2005), and When Allies Differ: Anglo-American Relations in the Suez and Falkland Conflicts (1996).

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ISBN 13	9781929223930
ISBN 10	1929223935
Title	Democracy and Counterterrorism
Author	R Art
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	United States Institute of Peace Press
Year published	2006-11-01
Number of pages	663
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