Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns - Basic Research Opportunities: A Workshop Report (Paperback, New)

Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. The IED itself is just the most publicly visible part of an underlying campaign of violence, the IED threat chain. Improving the technical ability to detect the device is a primary objective, but understanding of the goals of the adversary; its sources of materiel, personnel, and money; the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; and other factors, such as the cultural mores that it must observe or override for support, may also be critical for impeding or halting the effective use of IEDs. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns focuses on the human dimension of terror campaigns and also on improving the ability to predict these activities using collected and interpreted data from a variety of sources. A follow-up to the 2007 book, Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research Opportunities, this book summarizes two workshops held in 2008. Table of Contents Front Matter SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FINDING THE WEAK LINKS (WORKSHOP 1) 3 PREDICTING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ACTIVITIES (WORKSHOP 2) 4 WORKSHOP THEMES REFERENCES APPENDIX A: PARTICIPANT-GENERATED LISTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS APPENDIX B: LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPENDIX C: LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS GLOSSARY

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Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	National Research Council • Division on Earth and Life Studies • Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology • Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	81
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-12420-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General
LSN:	0-309-12420-4
Barcode:	9780309124201

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