Is the U.S. Policy on Global Terrorism Effective Against Osama Bin Laden and His Asymmetrical War on the United States?

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question "Is the U.S. policy on Global Terrorism Effective against Osama bin Laden and his Asymmetrical War on the United States?" This paper will analyze the current U.S. policy to defeat terrorism and then compare this policy to Osama bin Laden and his al - Qaeda terrorist organizations' most recent terrorist attacks to see if this new policy will be effective. The paper will conclude with a review of the U.S. policy towards terrorists and make, if necessary, recommendations for possible modifications to that policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414948

Entities

People

  • Mike Burns

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • Money
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.