Global Insurgency to Reestablish the Caliphate; Identifying and Understanding the Enemy

Abstract

Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States (US) has waged a Global War on Terror (GWOT) based upon the flawed strategy of countering a tactic, terrorism, as opposed to a strategy built on understanding and identifying its enemy. By focusing exclusively on terrorist organizations, the US failed to recognize the broader-based movement of establishing a dominant Islamic world power. Analysis should have been conducted encompassing the ways, means and ends of a known adversary, such as Islamic fundamentalists. Using this group as a source of comparison, this monograph demonstrates how other diverse groups, operating with different ideological ways but using similar means of technology, are attempting to achieve a common ends; the reestablishment of the Caliphate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2009
Accession Number
ADA506224

Entities

People

  • David A. Strauss

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Globalization
  • Information Systems
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies