Counterinsurgency Warfare Approach to Iran

Abstract

It is a scary to think about the implications of terrorists or insurgents armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that could make the events of 9/11 look like a pinprick.1 However, independent, non-state-aligned terrorist groups are no match to a state sponsor of terror that has the geopolitical clout of being the worlds fourth-largest supplier of oil, such as Iran.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1018543

Entities

People

  • Christopher E. Menuey

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterinsurgency
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Insurgency
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.