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Enemies within : the global politics of fifth columns
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ISBN: 0197627978 0197627951 0197627943 019762796X Year: 2022 Publisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press,

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The invocation of fifth columns in the political arena - whether contrived or based on real fears - has historically recurred periodically and is experiencing an upsurge in our era of democratic erosion and geopolitical uncertainty. Fifth-column accusations can have baleful effects on governance and trust, as they call into question the loyalty and belonging of the targeted populations. 'Enemies Within' systematically investigates the roots and implications of the politics of fifth columns. In this volume, a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars addresses several related questions: When are actors likely to employ fifth-column claims and against whom? What accounts for changes in fifth-column framing over time? How do the claims and rhetoric of governments differ from those of societal groups? How do accusations against ethnically or ideologically defined groups differ?


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Modern warfare : a French view of counterinsurgency
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ISBN: 0313390568 9786612573521 1282573527 0313086354 Year: 2006 Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International,

Subversion and insurgency
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ISBN: 1281181218 9786611181215 0833042815 0833041231 9780833042811 9780833041234 9781281181213 6611181210 Year: 2007 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Rand,

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The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated intense interest in counterinsurgency within the U.S. armed forces, the intelligence community, the State Department, and the Department of Defense. However, subversion-a critical part of the repertoire of many insurgent groups-remains a neglected subject. This paper presents a set of case studies to explore the elements of subversion in-depth. It discusses preliminary ideas for combating subversive activities in the context of the "long war" against violent Islamist extremism and concludes with a discussion of how American support for count

Deadly transfers and the global playground : transnational security threats in a disorderly world
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ISBN: 0313028117 9780313028113 9780275962289 0275962288 0275962288 Year: 1999 Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger,

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This comprehensive study provides an integrated analysis of the global security environment and the consequent blossoming of ominous flows or ""deadly tranfers"". It includes the behaviour of rogue states, terrorist groups, transnational criminal organizations and deviant individuals.


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In the shadow of international law : secrecy and regime change in the postwar world
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ISBN: 0190096624 0190096608 Year: 2020 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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This book investigates one of the most controversial forms of secret statecraft in international politics: the use of covert action to overthrow foreign regimes. The central question it asks is why leaders sometimes turn to the so-called quiet option when conducting regime change rather than using overt means. Whereas existing works prioritize the desire to control escalation or avoid domestic-political constraints to explain this variation, this book highlights the surprising role that international law plays in these decisions. When states cannot locate a legal exemption from the nonintervention principle-the prohibition on unwanted violations of another state's sovereignty, codified in the United Nations Charter and elsewhere - they are more likely to opt for covert action.

In the name of God and country : reconsidering terrorism in American history
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ISBN: 1282352032 9786612352034 0300155018 9780300155013 0300115105 9780300115109 9780300115109 9781282352032 6612352035 9780300168020 0300168020 Year: 2010 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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With insight and originality, Michael Fellman argues that terrorism, in various forms, has been a constant and driving force in American history. In part, this is due to the nature of American republicanism and Protestant Christianity, which he believes contain a core of moral absolutism and self-righteousness that perpetrators of terrorism use to justify their actions. Fellman also argues that there is an intrinsic relationship between terrorist acts by non-state groups and responses on the part of the state; unlike many observers, he believes that both the action and the reaction constitute terrorism.Fellman's compelling narrative focuses on five key episodes: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; terrorism during the American Civil War, especially race warfare and guerrilla warfare; the organized "White Line" paramilitary destruction of Reconstruction in Mississippi; the Haymarket Affair and its aftermath; and the Philippine-American war of 1899-1902. In an epilogue, he applies this history to illuminate the Bush-Cheney administration's use of terrorism in the so-called war on terror. In the Name of God and Country demonstrates the centrality of terrorism in shaping America even to this day.


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Surveillance in America : critical analysis of the FBI, 1920 to the present
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ISBN: 1280768924 9786613679697 0739172484 9780739172483 9781280768927 9780739172476 0739172476 Year: 2012 Publisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books,

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Surveillance in America is a study of FBI surveillance practices and policies since 1920 based on recently declassified FBI files. This wide-ranging study looks at such subjects as the media, academic historians, the Watergate crisis, and surveillance of the American working class.


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Terrorist attacks on American soil : from the Civil War era to the present
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ISBN: 128365847X 1442203242 9781442203242 9781442203235 1442203234 9781283658478 Year: 2012 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

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Terrorist Attacks on American Soil is a close look at some of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the United States from the Civil War to present day. J. Michael Martinez takes us on a trek through history, providing a context for these dreadful events and a greater understanding of the lessons we can learn from them.

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