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- Author: Steve Yui-Sang Tsang
- Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
- ISBN: 031308484X
- Category : Political Science
- Languages : en
- Pages : 240
The premise of this book is that for intelligence organizations to be able to defeat global terrorism, they must also secure the peace, thereby winning the hearts and minds of the terrorists' pool of potential recruits. The support and cooperation of the people in countries where the terrorists strike must be sustained by ensuring they have confidence in the government and intelligence services. If a government and its intelligence services become so focused on pre-empting terrorist attacks that they infringe on the rights of their citizens and encroach on democratic norms, they unwittingly fall into a trap. Contributors to this book address not only the question of how intelligence organizations can improve their efficacy in pre-empting terrorist outrages, but also the wider issue of removing the forces that sustain global terrorism.