Global Insurgency Strategy and the Salafi Jihad Movement

Abstract

In this paper, the author differentiates and characterizes terrorists and insurgents, and he conducts a detailed conceptual and historical analysis of insurgency and its current manifestation on a global scale by the Salafi Jihad movement. This work lays out the case that terrorism and insurgency differ, and that the current "long war" is actually being fought by the other side as an insurgency. As a result, the United States must amend and adapt its strategy to one of global counterinsurgency, beyond a global war on terrorism alone.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA482684

Entities

People

  • Richard H. Shultz Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Infrastructure
  • Insurgency
  • Internet
  • Maintenance
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Police
  • Political Systems
  • Sabotage
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.