War on Terrorism

Alan O'Day

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780754624240
• eBook ISBN: 9781351873949
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

President George W. Bush maintained in his address of 20 September 2001, that the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism will require the judicious use of 'every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war'. Unlike the Cold War, the War on Terrorism is neither a battle against some ideology nor bounded by physical boundaries or conventional political units such as nation-states. The War on Terrorism is the internationalisation, or rather, globalisation of previous wars. Terror is not a nation, and the enemies in such wars are not nations; any regime such as Libya simply by repudiating terrorism, can become an ally of the anti-terror coalition. Regimes that continue to practice terrorism against domestic opponents qualify to participate in the wider war if they conform to certain norms in external affairs. The 28 articles reprinted here consider aspects of that most amorphous of animals - the War on Terrorism. They do not set out to provide all of the answers; nor do they radiate a unified vision of what constitutes the war on terrorism; the pieces begin from a range of political and intellectual outlooks. Taken as a group, however, the difficulties of determining the limits and nature of the war on terrorism receive important attention. The authors address several major themes within the war on terrorism: what falls within its perimeters, its shifting manifestations, implications, responses and future directions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Series Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Amitai Etzioni (2001), ‘Implications of the American Anti-Terrorism Coalition for Global Architectures’, European Journal of Political Theory, 1, pp. 9–9
• 2 James J. Wirtz (2002), ‘Counter-terrorism via Counter-proliferation’, Terrorism and Political Violence, 14, pp. 129–129.
• 3 Barry R. Posen (2001–2001), ‘The Struggle against Terrorism: Grand Strategy, Strategy, and Tactics’, International Security, 26, pp. 39–39.
• 4 Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Kristy Sumner (2002), ‘An Examination of the American Response to Terrorism: Handling the Aftermath Through Crisis Intervention’, Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 2, pp. 287–287.
• 5 Yee-Kuang Heng (2002), ‘Unravelling the "War" on Terrorism: A Risk-Management Exercise in War Clothing?’, Security Dialogue, 33, pp. 227–227.
• 6 Peter Chalk (1998), ‘The Response to Terrorism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, 44, pp. 373–373.
• 7 Paul Kantor (2002), ‘Terrorism and Governability in New York City: Old Problem, New Dilemma’, Urban Affairs Review, 38, pp. 120–120.
• 8 Nicholas J. Wheeler (2002), ‘Dying for "Enduring Freedom": Accepting Responsibility for Civilian Casualties in the War against Terrorism’, International Relations, 16, pp. 205–205.
• 9 Robert Warren (2002), ‘Situating the City and September 11th: Military Urban Doctrine, "Pop-Up" Armies and Spatial Chess’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 26, pp. 614–614.
• 10 John Kincaid and Richard L. Cole (2002), ‘Issues of Federalism in Response to Terrorism’, Public Administration Review, 62, Special Issue, pp. 181–181.
• 11 Colin Flint (2003), ‘Political Geography II: Terrorism, Modernity, Governance and Governmentality’, Progress in Human Geography, 27, pp. 97–97.
• 12 Charles T. Eppright (1997), ‘"Counterterrorism" and Conventional Military Force: The Relationship Between Political Effect and Utility’, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 20, pp. 333–333.
• 13 Walter Gary Sharp, sr (2000), ‘The Use of Armed Force Against Terrorism: American Hegemony or Impotence?’, Chicago Journal of International Law, 1, pp. 37–37.
• 14 Jonathan Stevenson (2001–2001), ‘Pragmatic Counter-terrorism’, Survival, 43, pp. 35–35.
• 15 G. John Ikenberry (2001–2001), ‘American Grand Strategy in the Age of Terror’, Survival, 43, pp. 19–19.
• 16 Fernando Reinares (1998), ‘Democratic Regimes, Internal Security Policy and the Threat of Terrorism’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, 44, pp. 351–351.
• 17 Ronald D. Crelinsten (1998), ‘The Discourse and Practice of Counter-Terrorism in Liberal Democracies’, A ustralian Journal of Politics and History, 44, pp. 389–389.
• 18 Saree Makdisi (2002), ‘Spectres of "Terrorism"’, Interventions, 4, pp. 265–265.
• 19 William L. Waugh, jr and Richard T. Sylves (2002), ‘Organizing the War on Terrorism’, Public Administration Review, 62, Special Issue, pp. 145–145.
• 20 M. Shamsul Haque (2002), ‘Government Responses to Terrorism: Critical Views of Their Impacts on People and Public Administration’, Public Administration Review, 62, Special Issue, pp. 170–170.
• 21 Robert Gellman (2002), ‘Perspectives on Privacy and Terrorism: All is not Lost - Yet’, Government Information Quarterly, 19, pp. 255–255.
• 22 Lawrence Freedman (2002), ‘The Coming War on Terrorism’, Political Quarterly, pp. 40–40.
• 23 Martin S. Navias (2002), ‘Finance Warfare as a Response to International Terrorism’, Political Quarterly, pp. 57–57.
• 24 Dorothy Manning (2002), ‘How Useful is the Economic Model of Crime in Assisting the War Against Terrorism?’, Institute of Economic Affairs, pp. 21–21.
• 25 Cathie J. Witty (2002), ‘The Therapeutic Potential of Narrative Therapy in Conflict Transformation’, Journal of Systemic Therapies, 21, pp. 48–48.
• 26 Ashton B. Carter (2001–2001), ‘The Architecture of Government in the Face of Terrorism’, International Security, 26, pp. 5–5.
• 27 Henry W. Prunckun, jr and Philip B. Mohr (1997), ‘Military Deterrence of International Terrorism: An Evaluation of Operation El Dorado Canyon’, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 20, pp. 267–267.
• 28 Walter Enders and Todd Sandler (1993), ‘The Effectiveness of Antiterrorism Policies: A Vector-Autoregression-Intervention Analysis’, American Political Science Review, 87, pp. 829–829.
• Name Index