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01981aam a2200409 i 4500 001 AA3CB7F0F17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240403010045 008 230509s2024 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023018374 020 $a 1538168634 020 $a 9781538168639 020 $a 1538168642 020 $a 9781538168646 035 $a (OCoLC)1379188736 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC328.5 T485 2024 100 1 $a Thompson, Peter G., $e author. 245 10 $a Armed groups : $b the twenty-first-century threat / $c Peter G. Thompson. 246 30 $a Armed groups : $b the 21st century threat 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 281 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Armed Groups provides a framework for categorizing and analyzing a key threat to today's security arena-terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations. Understanding their goals, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them is crucial to understand today's changing nature of war"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Conflict in the twenty-first century -- What are armed groups? -- Amed-group archetypes -- Internal characteristics -- External characteristics -- Combating armed groups. 650 0 $a Insurgency. 650 0 $a Special forces (Military science) 650 0 $a Terrorists. 650 0 $a Security, International. 650 0 $a International relations and terrorism. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Thompson, Peter G. $t Armed groups. $b Second edition $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] $z 9781538168653 $w (DLC) 2023018375 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403014336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AA3CB7F0F17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search