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SECURITY STUDIES / TERRORISM

FORTHCOMING

A New
Counterterrorism Strategy

Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and
ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists

AMBASSADOR T. HAMID AL-BAYATI, PHD

The world has up to now failed to stop Al Qaeda terrorist attacks and also
failed to stop the emergence of more extreme and more brutal terrorist
groups than Al Qaeda, such as ISIS/ISIL. The current strategies of counter-
terrorism are focused on military and security measures and have many
shortcomings that allow terrorists to continue their operations. A New
Counterterrorism Strategy: Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/
ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists identifies the shortcomings of present
strategies and present a comprehensive and sustainable strategy of counter-
terrorism.
Author Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati provides an introduction that September 2017, 245pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
addresses the unique problem of countering terrorism by those motivated Print: 978-1-4408-4687-8
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that explain the failures of counter-terrorism strategies to date and draws
the lessons to be learned from those mistakes. Al-Bayati also spotlights the
problem of terrorist cells developing in all parts of world, where members S AMPLE T OPICS
can work from safe havens to plan attacks, acquire weapons, and gain fighting • Al-Baghdadi, Abo Bakir
experience. His proposed strategy addresses issues that are neglected in • Caliphate and Caliph
current counter-terrorism strategies, such as undermining the ideology of • Counterterrorism Strategy
terrorists, creating effective media campaigns against terrorism, deterring
youth from joining ISIS, and shutting off the flow of capital that currently • Fundamentalism, Extremism, and Terrorism
buoys the financial resources of terrorist organizations. • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Sharia Law
FEATURES • Terrorism Misuse of Social Media
• Provides a uniquely accurate perspective on extremist terrorist groups
from an author who was born and grew up in Iraq, the same culture and
environment where ISIL was born, and who understands the mentality of
terrorists and the way they misinterpret Islam to brainwash and recruit
people, especially youth
• Assesses the counter-terrorism strategies before and after the attacks of
September 11, explains why they failed to stop terrorists, and identifies the
lessons to be learned

AMBASSADOR T. HAMID AL-BAYATI,
PhD, is distinguished adjunct professor at
Fordham University and special advisor,
Middle East, Office of International
Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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