US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signalling and the Terrorist World-View / Edition 1

by Joshua A. Geltzer

Overview

This book examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415552325
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/09/2009
Series:	Contemporary Security Studies
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Joshua Alexander Geltzer has a PhD in War Studies from Kings College London, and is currently a juris doctoral student at Yale Law School.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: al-Qaeda as Audience 2. Communicators and Audiences 3. America’s Counter-Terrorist Communications 4. The al-Qaeda World-View 5. The View of the Audience 6. Conclusion: Understanding and Improving Communication 7. Appendix: Individuals Interviewed 8. References

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"...as a breath-catching take on the problem of unexamined, ineffective, domestic-driven American signaling to terrorists, whether of the nascent Obama or entrenched Cheney type, Geltzer's work is very impressive." — Steve Coll, The New Yorker

"Joshua Alexander Geltzer provides the tools, narrative, and proper framing to better understand the dynamics of U.S. counterrerrorism signalling, even as he sheds some practical light on al-Qaeda's worldview." - Christopher P. Costa, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 23, 1, December 2010

Editorial Reviews

"...as a breath-catching take on the problem of unexamined, ineffective, domestic-driven American signaling to terrorists, whether of the nascent Obama or entrenched Cheney type, Geltzer's work is very impressive." -- Steve Coll, The New Yorker

"Joshua Alexander Geltzer provides the tools, narrative, and proper framing to better understand the dynamics of U.S. counterrerrorism signalling, even as he sheds some practical light on al-Qaeda's worldview." - Christopher P. Costa, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 23, 1, December 2010

From the Publisher