Includes bibliographical references and index.

The evolution of Islamist terrorism in the 20th century / James J.F. Forest -- The ideology behind al-Qaida and the Islamic State / Daniel Rudder and Christopher Heffelfinger -- The evolution of al-Qaida : 1988 to present day / Seth G. Jones -- The history of the Islamic State : from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi / Brian Fishman -- Contemporary conflict and political violence in the Levant / Benedetta Berti -- Jihadi militancy and Houthi insurgency in Yemen / Elisabeth Kendall -- The roots of terrorism in North and West Africa : AQIM and Boko Haram / Alice Hunt Friend -- Al-Shabaab and the Horn of Africa / Ken Menkhaus -- The history of terrorism in Southeast Asia / Peter Chalk -- The Taliban and the modern history of Afghanistan / Rob Johnson -- The modern history of Iran and the birth of the Shia proxy model / Alex Vatanka -- Terrorism, insurgency, and criminal insurgency in Latin America / Roman D. Ortiz -- El Salvador : Operations and Planning Assistance Training Teams and a minimalist approach to counterinsurgency / Cecil E. Bailey -- Plan Colombia and the U.S. Army's 7th Special Forces Group / Kevin M. Higgins -- The story of the U.S. role in the killing of Pablo Escobar / Mark Bowden -- The Iran-Contra Affair and the Afghan Task Force : lessons in covert action / Jack Devine and Amanda Mattingly -- The horse soldiers : lessons from expeditionary unconventional warfare / Mark E. Mitchell -- Special Operations Forces and Afghan Local Police programs / Donald C. Bolduc and Chris Hensley -- U.S. civilian architecture for stabilization and counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (2012-2013) / Keith Mines -- Dismantling al-Qaida in Iraq / Liam Collins -- Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines : lessons in special warfare / David S. Maxwell -- Operation Serval : a swift intervention with a small footprint in Mali / Michael A. Sheehan and Pascale C. Siegel -- U.S. counterterrorism policy in Yemen from 2010-2020 / Luke Hartig -- Defeating the Islamic State : Special Operations Forces in Syria / Anthony Messenger, Nick Lewis-Walls, Mike Parker, Bert Pedrigi, and David P. Kearns -- The Joint Terrorism Task Force : investigating to disrupt and prosecute terrorists / Ali Soufan -- Creating the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau / Michael A. Sheehan -- The inside story of how the NYPD's Intelligence Division adapted in the wake of 9/11 / David Cohen -- Lessons learned from four high-casualty terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 / Paul Cruickshank -- Social media recruitment of Americans : a case study from the Islamic State / Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens and Seamus Hughes -- Countering extremist organizations in the information domain / Joseph Mroszczyk and Max Abrahms -- Theater Special Operations Command : the operational employment of U.S. Special Operations Forces / Charles T. Cleveland and Liam Collins -- Theater command in Afghanistan : taking charge of "The Other War" in 2003-2005 / David W. Barno -- America's drone wars outside of conventional war zones / Peter Bergen and A.G. Sims -- The United Kingdom's approach to counterterrorism / Robin Simcox and Hannah Stuart.

"This handbook comprises essays by scholars and practitioners on the topic of US counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around the globe. Terrorist groups have evolved substantially since 9/11, with the Islamic State often described as a pseudo-state, a terrorist group, and insurgency all at the same time. While researchers, analysts, and policymakers' understanding of terrorism has grown immensely over the past two decades, similar advancements in the understanding of counterterrorism lags. As such, this handbook explains why it is necessary to take a broader view of counterterrorism which can, and often does, include irregular warfare. The volume is divided into three thematic sections: Part I examines modern terrorism in the Islamic world, and gives an overview of the major terrorist groups from the past three decades; Part II provides a wide variety of case studies of counterterrorism and irregular warfare operations, spanning from the 1980s to the irregular warfare campaign against the Islamic State in northern Syria in 2018; Part III examines the government instruments used to combat terrorism and wage irregular warfare, such as drones, Theater Special Operations Commands, and Theater Commands"-- Provided by the publisher.

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