The Cost Of Counterterrorism
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Author |
: Laura K. Donohue |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 512 |
Release |
: 2008-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139469579 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139469576 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cost of Counterterrorism by : Laura K. Donohue
In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive broader authorities without thorough debate. The judiciary's role, too, is restricted: constitutional structure and cultural norms narrow the courts' ability to check the executive at all but the margins. The dominant 'Security or Freedom' framework for evaluating counterterrorist law thus fails to capture an important characteristic: increased executive power that shifts the balance between branches of government. This book re-calculates the cost of counterterrorist law to the United Kingdom and the United States, arguing that the damage caused is significantly greater than first appears. Donohue warns that the proliferation of biological and nuclear materials, together with willingness on the part of extremists to sacrifice themselves, may drive each country to take increasingly drastic measures with a resultant shift in the basic structure of both states.
Author |
: Daniel Byman |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2011-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199831746 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199831742 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis A High Price by : Daniel Byman
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasir Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention to the grinding and painful struggle during the second intifada. Israel's debacles in Lebanon against groups like the Lebanese Hizballah are examined in-depth, as is the country's problematic response to Jewish terrorist groups that have struck at Arabs and Israelis seeking peace. In surveying Israel's response to terror, the author points to the coups of shadowy Israeli intelligence services, the much-emulated use of defensive measures such as sky marshals on airplanes, and the role of controversial techniques such as targeted killings and the security barrier that separates Israel from Palestinian areas. Equally instructive are the shortcomings that have undermined Israel's counterterrorism goals, including a disregard for long-term planning and a failure to recognize the long-term political repercussions of counterterrorism tactics.
Author |
: Benoît Gomis |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 147 |
Release |
: 2015-07-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781040083475 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1040083471 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Counterterrorism by : Benoît Gomis
Counterterrorism: Reassessing the Policy Response promotes a more nuanced understanding of the effectiveness of current counterterrorism practices and the need for reform. It challenges government, media, and academic accounts that exaggerate terrorist threats, particularly in comparison to other threats such as organized crime. Author BenoGomis r
Author |
: John Mueller |
Publisher |
: OUP USA |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2011-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199795758 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199795754 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terror, Security, and Money by : John Mueller
In seeking to evaluate the efficacy of post-9/11 homeland security expenses--which have risen by more than a trillion dollars, not including war costs--the common query has been, "Are we safer?" This, however, is the wrong question. Of course we are "safer"--the posting of a single security guard at one building's entrance enhances safety. The correct question is, "Are any gains in security worth the funds expended?"In this engaging, readable book, John Mueller and Mark Stewart apply risk and cost-benefit evaluation techniques to answer this very question. This analytical approach has been used throughout the world for decades by regulators, academics, and businesses--but, as a recent National Academy of Science study suggests, it has never been capably applied by the people administering homeland security funds. Given the limited risk terrorism presents, expenses meant to lower it have for the most part simply not been worth it. For example, to be considered cost-effective, increased American homeland security expenditures would have had each year to have foiled up to 1,667 attacks roughly like the one intended on Times Square in 2010--more than four a day. Cataloging the mistakes that the US has made--and continues to make--in managing homeland security programs, Terror, Security, and Money has the potential to redirect our efforts toward a more productive and far more cost-effective course.
Author |
: Abraham Kaplan |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2017-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351484411 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351484419 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Counter-terrorism Puzzle by : Abraham Kaplan
The expansion and escalation of global terrorism has left populations across the world and decision-makers responsible for contending with it unprepared. This book, now in paperback, is the first attempt of its kind to create a manual of counter-terrorism measures on all the relevant operational levels. The author's main purpose is to give decision-makers the tools to make rational and effective decisions in both preventing and countering terrorism. The need to contend with terrorism can be found in almost every sphere of life: security, prevention and suppression of terrorism, legal and ethical dilemmas regarding democratic issues, such as the individual's human rights, intelligence interrogations, the right of the public to know, as well as coping with social, psychological, and media-related issues.
Author |
: Aniceto Masferrer |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2013-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781954478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 178195447X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law by : Aniceto Masferrer
ŠA deep and thoughtful exploration of counter-terrorism written by leading commentators from around the globe. This book poses critical questions about the definition of terrorism, the role of human rights and the push by many governments for more secu
Author |
: Stephen Sloan |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2012-09-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806186443 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806186445 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training by : Stephen Sloan
Keeping ahead of terrorists requires innovative, up-to-date training. This follow-up to Stephen Sloan's pioneering 1981 book, Simulating Terrorism, takes stock of twenty-first-century terrorism—then equips readers to effectively counter it. Quickly canvassing the evolution of terrorism—and of counterterrorism efforts—over the past thirty years, co-authors Sloan and Robert J. Bunker draw on examples from the early 2000s, following the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, to emphasize the need to prevent or respond quickly to "active aggressors"—terrorists who announce their presence and seek credibility through killing. Training for such situations requires realistic simulations—whose effectiveness, the authors show, depends on incorporating red teams; that is, the groups that play the part of active aggressors. In Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training, Sloan and Bunker, developers of simulation-driven counterterrorist training, take readers through the prerequisites for and basic principles of conducting a successful simulation and preparing responders to face threats—whether from teenage shooters or from sophisticated terrorist organizations. The authors clearly explain how to create an effective red team whose members can operate from within the terrorists' mindset. An innovative chapter by theater professional Roberta Sloan demonstrates how to use dramatic techniques to teach red teams believable role-playing. Rounding out this book, a case study of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood illustrates the cost of failures in intelligence and underscores the still-current need for serious attention to potential threats. First responders—whether civilian or military—will find Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training indispensible as they address and deter terrorism now and in the future.
Author |
: David Cole |
Publisher |
: ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages |
: 450 |
Release |
: 2010-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781458788191 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1458788199 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terrorism and the Constitution by : David Cole
Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld. A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.
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: |
Publisher |
: Russell Sage Foundation |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610446105 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610446100 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Consequences of Counterterrorism by :
Author |
: John E. Mueller |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 409 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190237318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190237317 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chasing Ghosts by : John E. Mueller
Chasing Ghosts exposes the ill-founded paranoia that has allowed the national security state to both feed at the public trough and undermine America's civil liberties tradition.