Overview

As the fifth full year of America’s global war on terrorism continues, statistics concerning terrorist attacks show a disturbing trend: from a twenty-one-year high in 2003, attacks tripled in 2004 and then doubled in 2005. And as the incidence of terrorist attacks increased, so has the number of terrorists. While the primary leaders of the Taliban, al Qaeda, and al Qaeda in Iraq remain at large, a 2006 Department of Defense study reportedly identified thirty new al Qaeda–affiliated terrorist groups that have been created since September 11, 2001. We may not have metrics that measure our success in the war on terrorism, but these realities certainly illuminate our failures. In Thinking Like a Terrorist, former FBI counterterrorism agent Mike German contends that the overarching problem is a fundamental failure to understand the terrorists—namely, what they want and how they intend to get it. When our counterterrorism policies are driven by misunderstanding and misperception, we shouldn’t be surprised at the results. Today’s terrorists have a real plan—a blueprint that has brought them victory in the past—that they are executing to perfection; moreover, their plan is published and available to anyone who bothers to read it. Once the terrorists’plan is understood, we can develop and implement more effective counterterrorism strategies. A former undercover agent who infiltrated neo-Nazi terrorist groups in the United States, German explains the terrorist’s point of view and discusses ways to counter the terrorism threat. Based on his unusual experience in the field, Thinking Like a Terrorist provides unique insights into why terrorism is such a persistent and difficult problem and why the U.S. approach to counterterrorism isn’t working.

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Author:   Michael E German
Publisher:   Potomac Books Inc
Imprint:   Potomac Books Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781597970259

ISBN 10:   1597970255
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

PREFACE; 1. PROLOGUE: AN EDUCATION IN TERRORISM; PART I: THE TROUBLE WITH TERRORISM; 2. THE DIFFICULT DEFINITION; 3. GETTING BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL; 4. COMPOUNDING CONFUSION; PART II: MINDSET AND METHODS; 5. UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL VIOLENCE; 6. GRADING THE GOVERNMENT; 7. METHODS AND MOTIVES; 8. RANKING THE RESISTANCE; 9. CASE STUDY No. 1: A SUCCESSFUL TERROR CAMPAIGN; 10. TERRORISM TYPES; PART III: HOW TO WIN; 11. A WINNING STRATEGY AGAINST EXTREMIST TERRORISTS; 12. CASE STUDY No. 2: HISTORY OF THE KU KLUX KLAN; 13. A WINNING STRATEGY AGAINST POLITICAL TERRORISTS; 14. CASE STUDY No. 3: LESSONS FROM THE IRA; 15. A WINNING STRATEGY AGAINST STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISTS; 16. AN ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM; 17. OUR SHIELD AGAINST TERRORISM: THE CONSTITUTION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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Mike German left the FBI after blowing the whistle on the agency's mishandling of a terrorism investigation. A former undercover agent and counterterrorism instructor at the FBI National Academy, he is currently a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org. He lives in the Middle Atlantic region.

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