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Informationen zum Autor Richard J. Chasdi is associate professor in the Department of Management at Walsh College. Klappentext In Counterterror Offensives for the Ghost War World: The Rudiments of Counterterrorism Policy, Richard J. Chasdi has written a groundbreaking quantitative analysis that provides insight into which types of counterterror practices work best and which types perform poorly in particular operational environments and circumstances. In the process, Chasdi provides essential qualitative descriptions of national security institutions, stakeholders, and processes to frame his results in ways that tie those findings to historical and contemporary political developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Chapter 1-An Introduction to Counterterror Concepts and Methods Chapter 3 Chapter 2-The Contours of Counterterror Practices: Approaches and Actions, What is Known and Gaps in Knowledge, a Functional Typology of Counterterror Events Chapter 4 Chapter 3-Theoretical Conceptualizations and Methodology Chapter 5 Chapter 4-The Case of Counterterror in Western Style Liberal Democracies: Basic Contours of the Counterterror Practices of Four Nation-States Chapter 6 Chapter 5-The Case of Counterterror in Authoritarian Democracies and an Authoritarian Regime: Basic Contours of the Counterterror Practices of Three Nation-States Chapter 7 Chapter 6-Analysis of the Effects of Two Structural Explanatory Factors on Counterterror Event Outcomes Chapter 8 Chapter 7-Conclusions Chapter 9 Methodological Appendices