Armed groups : studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency / Jeffrey H. Norwitz, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1 - History and Armed Groups: Pirates, Vikings, and Teutonic Knights (Peter T. Underwood) pages3; The Italian Red Brigades (1969-1984): Political Revolution (Paul J. Smith) pages15; Armed Conflict in Cambodia and the Un Response (Carole Garrison) pages29; Armed Groups and Diplomacy: East Timors's FRETILIN Guerrillas (Gene Christy) pages35; Adapting to a Changing Environment -- The Irish Republican Army as an Armed Group (Timothy D. Hoyt) pages47, and Pseudo Operations -- A Double-Edged Sword of Counterinsurgency (Theodore leaves Gatchel) pages61.

Part 2 - Present Context and Enviroment: The Threat to the Maritime Domain: How Real Is the Terrorist Threat? (Rohan Gunaratna) pages75; Armed Groups and the Law (Craig H. Allen) pages87; Globalization and the Transformation of Armed Groups (Querine H. Hanlon) pages115; Is It Possible to Deter Armed Groups? (Yosef Kuperwasser) pages127; Sanctuary: The Geopolitics of Terrorism and Insurgency (Mackubin Thomas Owens) pages135; Small Wars are Local: Debunking Current Assumptions about Countering Small Armed Groups (Peter Curry) pages149; Piracy and the Expxploitation of Sanctuary (Martin N. Murphy) pages161; Domestic Terrorism: Forgotten, But Not Gone (Edward J. Valla and Gregory Comcowich) pages173; The Threat of Armed Street Gangs in America (Edward J. Maggio) pages189, and Prosecuting Homegrown Extremists: Case Study of the Virginia "Paintball Jihad" Cell (Steven Emerson) pages 201.

Part 3 - Religion as Inspiration: Armed with the Power of religion: Not Just a War of ideas (Pauletta Otis) pages215; Armed in Armageddon: Myths and Motivations of Violence in American Christian Apocalypticism (Timothy J. Demy) pages225, and Glory in Defeat and Other Islamist Ideologies (Mehrdad Mozayyan) pages237.

Part 4 - Thinking Differently about Armed Groups: The Erosion of Constraints in Armed-Group Warfare: Bloody Tactics and Vulnerable Targets (Andrea J. Dew) pages255; Knowledge Transfer and Shared Learning among Armed Groups (James F. Forest) pages 269; The "Memory of War": Tribes and the Legitimate Use of Force in Iraq (Montgomery McFate) pages291; Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Tyrant or Guardian? (Derek S. Reveron) pages311; Disrupting and influencing Leaders of Armed Groups (Elena Mastors and Jeffrey H. Norwitz) pages323, and Armed Groups through the Lens of Anthropology (David W. Kriebel) pages 343.

Part 5 - The Shape of things to Come; Children of the Battlefield: The Breakdown of Moral Norms (P.W. Singer) pages 357; The "New Silk Road" of Terrorism and Organized Crime: The Key to Countering the Terror-Crime Nexas (Russell D. Howard and Colleen M. Traughber) p.371; Shari'a Financing and the Coming Ummah (Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen) p.389; Terrorism as an International Security Problem (martha Crenshaw) p.405; Takin' It to the Streets: Hydra Networks, Chaos Strategies, and the "New" Asymmetry (P.H. Liotta) pages419; Virtual Sanctuary Enables Global Insurgency (Richard Shultz) pages431, and Armed Groups: Changing the Rules (T.X. Hammes) pages447. Appendix pages457.