Book Description

A collection of papers by the USAF Counterproliferation Center. Papers include: Deterring International Rivals from War and Escalation; Killing in the Name of God: Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda; The Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Radicalism; Struggle for the Control of Pakistan: Musharraf Takes on the Islamist Radicals; Kim Chong-il's Erratic Decision-Making and North Korea's Strategic Culture; The Crucible of Radical Islam: Iran's Leaders and Strategic Culture; "Saddam is Iraq: Iraq is Saddam"; Syria under Bashar al-Asad: Clinging to His Roots?; Muammar Qaddafi and Libya's Strategic Culture; The Need for Influence Theory and Actor-Specific Behavioral Models of Adversaries; and Precise Assessments of Rivals Vital in Asymmetric War Threat Environ.