Bibliography Category: Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency

Davis, Jacquelyn K. Radical Islamist Ideologies and the Long War: Implications for U.S. Strategic Planning and U.S. Central Command’s Operations. Washington, DC: Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., 2007. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll11/id/545 (accessed 12 August 2011). This report identifies and summarizes various strategies and ideologies used by radical Islamist groups, grouping them into an overarching “Long War” […]

C-SPAN. 2008. National Joint Terrorism Task Force. Program 201066-3. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JointTe (accessed 29 July 2011). This is a video clip of a speech by Greg Massa, Chief of the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) at the FBI. He talked about how the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces began and expanded, what current NJTTF capabilities are, […]

Congress. Senate. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services. U.S. Government Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism. 111th Cong., 2nd sess., 2010. S. Hrg. 111-822. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg63687/pdf/CHRG-111shrg63687.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This is a transcript of a Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing entitled “US Government Efforts to Counter Violent […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Armed Services. Improving Interagency Coordination for the Global War of Terror and Beyond. 109th Cong., 2nd sess., 2006. H.A.S.C. 109-105. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_house_hearings&docid=f:32971.pdf (accessed 6 October 2011). This is a transcript of a House Committee on Armed Services hearing. The subject of “Improving Interagency Coordination for the Global War on Terror […]

Comras, Victor D. Flawed Diplomacy: The United Nations & the War on Terrorism. Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, Inc., 2010. This book delves into the UN’s role in dealing with terrorism, explores the international political realities and institutional problems that make it difficult for the UN to successfully implement and monitor counterterrorism measures, and describes both the […]

Colyer, Kevin C. “A Command and Control Structure for Joint Interagency Counterterrorism Operations Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction within a Regional Commander-in-Chief’s Area of Responsibility.” Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2001. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA395691 (accessed 18 October 2011). This thesis describes the problem of state or nonstate actors conducting terrorism utilizing weapons […]

Clements, William E. “Focusing the Interagency Effort in Homeland Security: The Terrorism-as-War Paradigm.” Master’s Thesis, Naval War College, Newport, RI, 2003. http://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=450972 (accessed 27 September 2011). This thesis seeks to make a distinction between the “terrorism-as-crime” and “terrorism-as-war” paradigms, and argues that there are important implications inherent in each of these approaches to the War […]

Cerami, Joseph R. and Jay W. Boggs. The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare: Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Roles. Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2007. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB828.pdf (accessed 12 August 2011). This monograph addresses the security, stability, transition, and reconstruction missions that place the most pressure on interagency […]

Cerami, Joseph R. and Jay W. Boggs. The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare: Aligning and Integrating Military and Civilian Roles in Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations. Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College. Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2008. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubid=828 (accessed 28 July 2011). This monograph addresses the security, stability, transition, and reconstruction […]

Baltazar, Thomas and Elisabeth Kvitashvili. 2008. The Role of USAID and Development Assistance in Combating Terrorism. Military Review Vol. 88, special edition (June): 105-107. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_2008IAR0630_art015.pdf (accessed 5 April 2012). This is an article about the increasingly important role the USAID, and economic development in general, play in the War on Terrorism. Development has become a […]