RT Book
T1 Roots of counterterrorism: contemporary wisdom from Dutch intelligence
T2 Causes and consequences of terrorism
A1 Hijzen, Constant 1982-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1899229272
AB The dominant narrative in intelligence studies portrays the evolution of intelligence from Cold War times to the present as one of increasing complexity. But Western intelligence and security services have countered terrorism before: terrorism became an important threat from the end of the 1960s onwards. Counterterrorism efforts before 9/11, however, differed from those employed post-9/11, not only in the way threats were perceived, but also in the repertoires of action that emerged to counter them.Using newly declassified primary sources, Roots of Counterterrorism puts into focus how the rise of terrorism in the 1970s challenged the existing perceived core functions of intelligence, specifically in the Netherlands. Constant Willem Hijzen analyses how the Dutch domestic security service Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) scrutinized traces of terrorism from 1968, when Spanish anarchists bombed embassies in The Hague, until the South Moluccan attack of 1978, after which the threat of terrorism and political violence diminished. Unlike counterterrorism in the post-9/11 era, prevention was not the primary goal. Instead, the Dutch security service launched intelligence investigations into the suspected perpetrators of attacks, provided hands-on assistance during terrorist incidents, and advised the police and the Justice department.Roots of Counterterrorism sheds new light on Dutch intelligence history, but also on the dynamics of international intelligence cooperation, operational complexities, and more fundamental questions in intelligence and security studies about the essence and evolution of intelligence and intelligence organizations
AB "On 22 March 1979, at 09:00 in the morning, the British ambassador to the Netherlands Sir Richard Sykes and his butler Karel Straub were killed in front of the ambassador's residence, called the Spaansche Hof (Spanish court). Immediately after the lethal shots were fired, the police unit of The Hague, assisted by police units specialised in counterterrorism and the Dutch security service BVD (Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst), commenced their investigation. In an overview of terrorist events in March/April 1979, a special terrorism unit of the Dutch police reported the following details about the events:"-- Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6433.N4
SN 9780197786031
SN 9780197786048
K1 Netherlands : Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst
K1 Terrorism : Netherlands : Prevention
K1 Intelligence service : Netherlands
K1 Espionage & secret services
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Political
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Social
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence
K1 PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
K1 Social & political philosophy
K1 Social, group or collective psychology
K1 Soziale und politische Philosophie
K1 Sozialpsychologie
K1 Spionage und Geheimdienste