The military's role in counterterrorism : examples and implications for liberal democracies / Geraint Hughes.

• Introduction -- Is terrorism a military problem? -- The military's role in counterterrorism -- Problems arising from military involvement in counterterrorism : the international context -- Problems arising from military involvement in counterterrorism : the domestic context -- Conclusions.

• The author examines historical and contemporary examples of military involvement in counterterrorism, outlining the specific roles which the armed forces of liberal democracies have performed in combating terrorism, both in a domestic and international context. He describes the political, strategic, conceptual, diplomatic, and ethical problems that can arise when a state's armed forces become engaged in counterterrorism, and argues that military power can only be employed as part of a coordinated counterterrorist strategy aimed at the containment and frustration -- rather than the physical elimination -- of the terrorist group(s) concerned. 

Ämnesord

Terrorismbekämpning  (sao)

Terrorism  -- Prevention. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HV6432 (LCC)