Armed groups : the 21st century threat / Peter G. Thompson.

In this age of asymmetric warfare, battles are fought more and more against armed groups of opponents such as terrorists, insurgents, or transnational criminal organizations. This text is the first to categorize armed groups and analyze their characteristics in a systematic way to provide a thorough...

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Main Author: Thompson, Peter G.
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Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
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505 0 |a Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Conflict in the Twenty-First Century -- What Are Armed Groups? -- Armed-Group Archetypes -- Internal Characteristics -- External Characteristics -- Combating Armed Groups -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 
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