US-UK counter terrorism after 9/11 : a qualitative approach

TEMBO, Edgar (2014). US-UK counter terrorism after 9/11 : a qualitative approach. Contemporary terrorism studies . Routledge.

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Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203079997

Abstract

This book provides a qualitative analysis of post-9/11 counter-terrorism strategy undertaken by the United Kingdom and United States of America. Since 9/11, both the UK and the U.S have significantly revamped their counter-terrorism approaches. The approaches apply, to varying degrees, three key policy instruments – intelligence, law enforcement and military force. However, the success or failure of these counter-terrorism strategies has never been satisfactorily validated. Analysts and policymakers alike have assumed success due to the inability of terrorists to conduct 7/7 and 9/11, respectively, scale attacks upon each state. This assumption has existed despite the fact that it fundamentally underestimates the impact of transnational terrorism. This volume provides an in-depth qualitative assessment of the three primary policy instruments implemented to counter the transnational threat of terrorism during the period 2001-2011; an approach somewhat neglected by the current body of literature which focuses on a purely quantitative methodology. Drawing upon previously unpublished data collected from interviews with policymakers, specialists and academics, the book fills this lacuna by ascertaining and analysing both the UK’s and USA’s counter-terrorism strategies and developing a holistic approach to understanding these strategies.

Item Type: Authored Book
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203079997
Depositing User: Hilary Ridgway
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2014 09:23
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 09:15
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8858

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