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A hard day's night? The United States and the Global War on Terrorism

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The jihadist threat needs to be framed in the context of fundamental changes in the dynamics of the international system is argued in which dynamics have left the United States struggling to conceptually bound and define the jihadist threat in the new security environment. Explanations for this struggle are offered and it is concludes that if not successful in bounding and understanding the threat that the United States might win battles in the Global War on Terrorism, but it can never win the wider war.

Author: Russell, James A., Johnson, Thomas H.
Publisher: Crane Russak
Publication Name: Comparative Strategy
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0149-5933
Year: 2005
Analysis, War on Terrorism, 2001-, Jihad, Islamic militants

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Why the long war can and cannot be compared to the Cold War

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The author argues that while there are similarities between the Cold War and the long war, it cannot be concluded that the long war is more dangerous than the Cold War. During the Cold War there was always the threat of a nuclear exchange between the Superpowers, but threat potentials related to the long war are different.

Author: Ahrari, Ehsan M.
Publisher: Crane Russak
Publication Name: Comparative Strategy
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0149-5933
Year: 2007
International aspects, Comparative analysis, Communism, Cold War, 1945-1991

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