The terrorism trap: how the war on terror escalates violence in America's partner states

After two decades and trillions of dollars, the United States' fight against terrorism has achieved mixed results. Despite the vast resources and attention expended since 9/11, terrorism has increased in many societies that have been caught up in the war on terror. Why have U.S. policies been u...

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Main Author: Akins, Harrison (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2023]
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Bekämpfung
Developing Countries > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
Erde
Eskalation
Gewalttätigkeit
Konflikt
Militärische Kooperation
Missstand
Terrorism > Developing countries
Terrorism > Developing countries > Prevention
Terrorism > United States > Prevention
Terrorismus
USA > al-Qaida > Terrorismus > Kriminalität > Bekämpfung
United States > Foreign relations > Developing countries > 21st century
Usa
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
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Summary:After two decades and trillions of dollars, the United States' fight against terrorism has achieved mixed results. Despite the vast resources and attention expended since 9/11, terrorism has increased in many societies that have been caught up in the war on terror. Why have U.S. policies been unable to stem the tide of violence? Harrison Akins reveals how the war on terror has had the unintended consequence of increasing domestic terrorism in U.S. partner states. He examines the results of U.S.-backed counterterrorism operations that targeted al-Qaeda in peripheral regions of partner states, over which their central governments held little control. These operations often provoked a violent backlash from local terrorist groups, leading to a spike in retaliatory attacks against partner states. Senior U.S. officials frequently failed to grasp the implications of the historical conflict between central governments and the targeted peripheries. Instead, they exerted greater pressure on partner states to expand their counterterrorism efforts. This exacerbated the underlying conditions that drove the escalating attacks, trapping these governments in a deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence with local terrorist groups. This process, Akins demonstrates, accounts for the lion's share of the al Qaeda network's global terrorist activity since 2001.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 311-334, Register
Physical Description:viii, 345 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780231209861
9780231209878