Skyhorse Publishing | History | Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords

Skyhorse Publishing > History > Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords

$16.95 ($22.95 Canada)
496 pages
Paperback | 6 x 9
Rights: World
Published: July 2009
ISBN: 9781602397088

AUTHOR

Jeffrey H. Norwitz has conducted complex criminal, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism investigations for thirty-five years. He teaches national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College. His articles have been published in the Naval War College Review, Military Review, Journal of Homeland Security, and Officer Review. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island.

Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords

The History, Influence, and Future of Armed Groups Around the World

Jeffrey H. Norwitz

DESCRIPTION

Pirates, warlords, guerillas, criminal organizations, drug cartels, apocalyptic religious extremists, police agencies, terrorists: these are classic insurgents whose past, present, and future is dissected in this important book. Contributing writers including Martha Crenshaw, T. X. Hammes, Russell Howard, Gene Cristy, Yosef Kuperwasser, and academics from Naval War College, Marine Corps War College, and Stanford University, explore important insurgency-related issues such as domestic terrorism, globalization of armed groups, children on the battlefield, religious influence on armed fights, and more. This rich anthology offers scholars and citizens a new way to think about national and international security—as it stands today, and its future.