Armed groups : the 21st century threat /: the 21st century threat. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter G. Thompson.
• Authors: Thompson, Peter G
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Introduction Importance of the Topic What Are “Armed Groups”? Book Objectives Armed Groups and International Relations Theory Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Reading Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Conflict in the Twenty-First Century Interstate Conflict Decreasing The “New War” Paradigm? Irregular Warfare Role of Geopolitical and Geostrategic Factors US Participation in Intrastate Conflicts Armed-Group Threats to the United States Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">3. What Are Armed Groups? Distinguishing Between Armed Groups and State Militaries Common Armed-Group Characteristics Armed-Group Formation Challenging the “Nonstate Actor” Label Discussion Questions Organization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Armed-Group Archetypes Insurgents Terrorists Transnational Criminal Organizations Militias “Commercial” Armed Groups Evolution, “Hybridization, ” and the Crime–Terror Nexus Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Internal Characteristics Leadership Organization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">6. External Characteristics Strategy Tactics Strategic Communications External Support Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">7. Combating Armed Groups Combating Grievances and the Environment Military, Political, Legal, and Economic Constraints on Governments General Countering Strategies Combating the Armed Group Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes <span style="font-weight:bold;">8. Conclusion Armed-Group Adaptation and Evolution Future Armed-Group Threats Combating Armed Groups Three Questions Recommended Readings Notes
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Subjects: 355.0218; Insurgency; Special forces (Military science); Terrorists; Security, International; International relations and terrorism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538168653
• Related ISBNs: 9781538168639; 9781538168646
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