Defeating the attempted global Jihadist insurgency: Forty steps for the next president to pursue against al Qaeda, like-minded groups, unhelpful state actors, and radicalized sympathizers

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 618, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 232-247

  Bergen, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e   Footer, Laurence ^b,f,g,h  

^a NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Holy War Inc

^f WebRecruiter LLC

^g Foundation for Defense of Democracies

^h Center for Liberty in the Middle East

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Counterinsurgency; Counterterrorism strategies; Jihadist; War of ideas; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949242972     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208317785     Document Type: Review

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