Influence warfare : how terrorists and governments fight to shape perceptions in a war of ideas / edited by James J.F. Forest ; foreword by Bruce Hoffman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-373) and index.

Introduction / James J.F. Forest and Frank Honkus, III -- Jihad.com 2.0 : the new social media and the changing dynamics of mass persuasion / Aidan Kirby Winn and Vera L. Zakem -- When fatwas clash online : terrorist debates on the Internet / Gabriel Weimann -- New media's influence on the assessment of publicly communicated terrorist threats / M. Karen Walker -- The terrorist spectacular and the ladder of terrorist success / Cori E. Dauber -- The strategic dimensions of terrorism : concepts, countermeasures, and conditions in the search for security / Frank L. Jones -- The strategic influence deficit of terrorism / Max Abrahms -- Challenges to shaping civilian attitudes and behaviors in a theater of operations / Christopher Paul, Todd C. Helmus, and Russell W. Glenn -- The nonkinetic aspects of kinetic efforts / Joshua Alexander Geltzer -- Online recruitment, radicalization, and reconnaissance : challenges for law enforcement / Simon O'Rourke -- Who's winning the battle for narrative? Al-Qaida versus the United States and its allies / Sebastian Gorka and David Kilcullen -- Using the Internet to uncover terrorism's root causes / Joshua Sinai -- U.S. strategic communication efforts during the Cold War / Daniel Baracskay -- The Cook report and perceptions of loyalists in Northern Ireland : lessons for counterterrorism / James Dingley -- Al-Qaida's strategy for influencing perceptions in the Muslim world / Sammy Salama and Joe-Ryan Bergoch -- The information operations war between Israel and Hizballah during the summer of 2006 / Guermantes E. Lailari -- Strategic uses of the Internet by Hizbut Tahrir-Indonesia / Frank Hairgrove, Douglas M. McLeod, and Dhavan V. Shah -- Conclusion : assessing the conceptual battlespace / Joshua Alexander Geltzer and James J.F. Forest.