The New Terrorism : The Nature of the War on Terrorism

By Major Michael W. Kometer, USAF

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Title:	The New Terrorism : The Nature of the War on Terrorism
Author:	Major Michael W. Kometer, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, War
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Michael W. Kometer, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). The New Terrorism : The Nature of the War on Terrorism. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
This study defines the nature of the war on terrorism by assessing the changing nature of terrorism itself and develops an analytical framework within which to assess the strategies of terrorist groups. It compares the strategies of old terrorist groups—Red Army Faction, Palestinian Liberation Organization, and Irish Republican Army—to the new terrorism, the militant Islamic movement. This study concludes that there is a “new terrorism” that is not merely terrorism but a global insurgency. The strategy of this new movement requires an aggressive war on terrorism as a counterstrategy but not necessarily the war that the United States is trying to fight. This study develops guidelines for military strategy against the insurgents by using the same analytical framework to assess the insurgents’ strategy.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 NATURE OF TERRORISM . . . . . . . . 5 3 HOW TO ANALYZE TERRORIST STRATEGIES . . . .19 4 “OLD” TERRORISM . . . . . . . . 27 5 “NEW” TERRORISM . . . . . . . . 49 6 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS . . . . .71