The Operational Level of Euroterrorism
Abstract
This research examines recent events of Euroterrorism to determine if these seemingly unrelated events have an operational level. This is done by attempting to describe the events of Euroterrorism by a campaign plan ads defined in JCS Publication 2. This research finds that in fact terrorist activities in Western Europe do follow and campaign plan and, therefore, have an operational level. The study further examines the sources of this plan and refutes the work of other authors that accuse the Soviet Union of state directed terrorism. Instead, this paper concludes that the Soviet Union is responsible for state support of terrorism through its surrogates or puppet states, but does no direct the actions of the various European terrorist groups. Likewise, no other state appears to direct their actions. The paper then concludes that the events of Euroterrorism follow essentially national level campaign plans while the various terrorist groups receive support but not direction from external nations. Finally, a derived national campaign plan for the Red Army Faction is presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 05, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA187303
Entities
People
- Jeffrey W. Anderson
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College