RT Book
T1 The terrorism trap: how the war on terror escalates violence in America's partner states
T2 Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare
A1 Akins, Harrison
LA English
PP New York
PB Columbia University Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1823912605
AB 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.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 311-334, Register
CN HV6432
SN 9780231209861
SN 9780231209878
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
K1 Terrorism : United States : Prevention
K1 Terrorism : Developing countries : Prevention
K1 Terrorism : Developing countries
K1 Terrorismus
K1 Bekämpfung
K1 Militärische Kooperation
K1 Missstand
K1 Konflikt
K1 Eskalation
K1 Gewalttätigkeit
K1 United States : Foreign relations : Developing countries : 21st century
K1 Developing Countries : Foreign relations : United States : 21st century
K1 Usa
K1 Erde
K1 USA : al-Qaida : Terrorismus : Kriminalität : Bekämpfung