| Countering Radicalization and Recruitment to Al-Qaeda: Fighting the War of Deeds Contributor(s): Strategic Studies Institute (Author), U. S. Army War College Press (Author) |
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ISBN: 1505854075 ISBN-13: 9781505854077 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately defeatingal-Qaeda-based, affiliated, and inspired terrorismis the declared policy of the U.S. Government (USG). Despite noteworthy success in attacking the al-Qaeda (AQ) terrorist network and securing the homeland from terrorist attack, the United States has yet to execute an effective methodology for countering radicalizationand recruitment to AQ. This book proposes a distinct War of Deeds methodology for accomplishing this. A War of Deeds is to be fought on two interrelated fronts: changing deeds and challenging deeds. Changing deeds requires a frank examination and possible reorienting of those present-day USG foreign, military, and diplomatic policies that diminish USG credibilityand potentially enhance the resonance of AQ's terrorist propaganda in the Muslim world. It also requires a frank examination of existing USG information operations that in the opinion of the present writer fail to adequately address the present U.S. credibility deficit and whose proposals too often amount to unpersuasivemarketing endeavors pitched to a highly selectiveWesternized audience. |