Strategic Culture and Violent Non-state Actors

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  • Strategic Culture and Violent Non-state Actors Book Detail

  • Author : James M. Smith
  • Release Date : 2008
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  • Genre : Political Science
  • Pages : 122
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 66,66 MB
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Strategic Culture and Violent Non-state Actors by James M. Smith PDF Summary

Book Description: This paper combines three separate threads of analysis on culture and violent nonstate actors as a launching pad to spur further research into this critical arena of culture and security. Jim Smith lays out a series of templates for guiding analysis of culture and violent nonstate actors. Mark Long applies cultural analysis of radical Islam and alQaida in discussing the influences involved in the core al Qaida group's WMD decisions. Tom Johnson, in examining a tribal insurgent psychological campaign in Afghanistan, demonstrates that behavioral influences can be manipulated for significant effect in countering our efforts to gain stability and legitimacy for the Afghan government. James M. Smith, PhD, is the Director, USAF Institute for National Security Studies and Professor, Military Strategic Studies at the US Air Force Academy.Jerry Mark Long, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director, Middle East Studies, Honors College, Baylor University. Thomas H. Johnson is Research Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.

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