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Fountainhead of Jihad: Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012 / Brown, Vahid; Rassler, Don

2013

Rassler, Don	Book
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Publication	India, Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
Description	x, 320p.Hbk
Standard Number	9789350096369

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Terrorism ; Violence ; Jihad ; Pakistan - Terrorism ; Haqqani Nexus

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White paper prepared for the secretary of defense task force on DoD nuclear weapons management: tradeoffs and paradoxes, terrorism, deterrence and nuclear weapons / Helfstein, Scott; Meese, Michael J; Rassler, Don; Sawyer, Reid

Helfstein, Scott	Journal Article
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2009.

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This article was written at the request of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management. While this analysis suggests that certain types of terrorists can be deterred from certain types of attacks, it is less optimistic about the use of nuclear weapons in a terrorist deterrent strategy. A broad approach to deterrence may be effective against certain types of terrorist groups and attacks, making it crucially important to disaggregate the terrorist threat when setting policy. The article goes on to address two types of terrorist groups with a "global reach" that pose a serious threat to the United States: non-state actors driven by doctrines permitting catastrophic attacks and state-sponsored groups capable of carrying out catastrophic attacks. The analysis reveals a number of previously unappreciated tradeoffs and paradoxes associated with the deterrence of terrorists.

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Terrorism ; Nuclear Weapons ; Deterrence ; United States ; Non-State Actors ; DoD Nuclear Weapons Management

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