Bibliography Category: Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency

McFadden, Eric. 2005. Contemporary Counterinsurgency Operations: History as a Guide to Assist in the Development of the Joint Interagency Task Force. Comparative StrategyVol. 24, no. 4 (October/November): 361-378. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01495930500383334#preview (accessed 19 September 2012) This research examines the critical elements of the British counterinsurgency campaign during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. Analysis of the campaign provides a starting […]

Martin, Gregory M. Enhancing American Interagency Integration for the Global War of Terrorism. Strategy Research Project, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, 2006. http://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=470248 (accessed 27 September 2011). This essay identifies opportunities to enhance interagency integration at the strategic and operational levels for the global war on terrorism. The essay identifies a pronounced […]

Marks, Edward. PACOM, JIACG, and the War of Terror. Washington, DC. National Defense University, 2005. http://www.ndu.edu/itea/storage/678/PACOM%20JIACG%20and%20the%20War%20on%20Terror.pdf (accessed 14 May 2012). This paper examines United States Pacific Command’s Joint Interagency Coordination Group for Counterterrorism (JIACG/CT).

Lieberman, Joseph I. and Susan M. Collins. 2011. A Ticking Time Bomb. InterAgency Journal Vol. 2, no. 2 (Summer): 3-7. http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IAJ-2-2-pg3-7.pdf (accessed 25 August 2011). This article is a summary from the report “A Ticking Time Bomb: Counterterrorism Lessons Learned from the U.S. Government’s Failure to Prevent the Fort Hood Attack.” The article examines what failures […]

L’Etoile, Joseph A. 2011. Transforming the Conflict in Afghanistan. Prism Vol. 2, no. 4 (September): 3-16. http://www.ndu.edu/press/transforming-conflict-afghanistan.html (accessed 14 October 2011). This article examines the conflict in Afghanistan, including security challenges and strategies to help prepare the Afghan population to protect itself after the withdrawal of coalition forces.

Langberg, Daniel R. 2010. Organizational Innovations in Counterterrorism: Lessons for Cyber-security, Human Trafficking, and Other Complex National Missions. Homeland Security Affairs Vol. 6, no. 3 (September). http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=6.3.1 (accessed 15 February 2012). This article examines issues surrounding the contemporary security environment, including whole-of-government approaches to counterterrorism, trafficking in persons, and securing cyberspace.

Krawchuk, Fred T. Combating Terrorism: A Joint Interagency Approach. Landpower Essay, Institute of Land Warfare, Arlington, VA, 2005. http://www.ausa.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ILW%20Web-ExclusivePubs/Landpower%20Essays/LPE05-1.pdf (accessed 20 October 2011). This document details interagency approaches to countering terrorism, including Joint Interagency Action Teams.

Kraft, Michael B. and Edward Marks. U.S. Government Counterterrorism: A Guide to Who Does What. Washington, DC: CRC Press, 2011. This book is a guide to the U.S. government agencies, bureau offices, and programs involved in countering terrorism domestically and overseas. The authors, present an insider’s view of the counterterrorism effort, addressing such topics as […]

Koehler-Derrick, Gabriel, ed. A False Foundation:  AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen. West Point, NY: Combating Terrorism Center, 2011. http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CTC_False_Foundation2.pdf (accessed 8 November 2011). This report attempts to disaggregate the threat posed by al-Qa`ida in the Arabian Peninsula from the sources of instability surrounding it by exploring the group’s strategy, tactics and objectives from […]

Kincaid, John and Richard L. Cole. 2002. Issues of Federalism in Response to Terrorism. Public Administration Review Vol. 62, no. s1: 181-192. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1540-6210.62.s1.28/pdf (accessed 27 October 2011). This article examines the impact of terrorism on intergovernmental relations and the ways the government should respond to a terrorist event.