Personal Protection Against Terrorism: The Missing Link in United States Army Force Protection.

Abstract

This monograph investigates a gap in U.S. Army doctrine on the prevention of terrorist attacks. First, this monograph show that the goals, organization, and tactics of terrorist are a formidable threat to the Army. Second, it uses case studies from Great Britain and France to show that well trained and dedicated terrorists can bypass heightened security; and that terrorism is difficult, if not impossible to deter at the time and point of attack. Third, it uses case studies from Beirut and Saudi Arabia to show how U.S. policy can be affected by, terrorism, and to find what measures could been implemented by military commanders to deter those attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1996
Accession Number
ADA325201

Entities

People

  • Thomas E. Bryant

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Antiterrorism
  • Criminals
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Force Protection
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Security Personnel
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.