Daniel Byman's hard-hitting and articulate book is the first to study countries that support terrorist groups. Focusing primarily on sponsors from the Middle East and South Asia, it examines the different types of support that states provide, their motivations, and the impact of such sponsorship. The book also considers regimes that allow terrorists to raise money and recruit without providing active support. The experiences of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Libya are detailed here, alongside the histories of radical groups such as al-Qaida, Hizbullah and Hamas.
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Avoiding the sensationalism and politicizing that often accompany books on terrorism, Byman examines terrorist groups from the PLO to Al Qaeda to the Tamil Tigers and explains relationships between states and terrorist organizations, providing a fertile discussion ground for how to proceed against both terrorism and the countries that manipulate terrorist organizations for their own purposes. States use terrorism as a multifaceted tool, often to retain political and economic influence, and their patronage includes sanctuary, supplies, logistics, or, as is the case with Iran and Hizbollah, ideological support. The ongoing clashes over Kashmir shows how one country-Pakistan-uses terrorism to fight a proxy war against India, a country it would likely not want to confront in a conventional war. In the wake of the post-September 11 alliance between the United States and Pakistan, Kashmiri insurgents are tolerated in small doses so the government can avoid appearing as if it is capitulating to U.S. pressure. Such muddied situations make it impossible, according to the author, to develop a single strategy against terrorism. The author uses Libya as an example of how a country can, over time (in Libya's case, over 30 years), fold to various tactics and external pressures to give up terrorist connections. While the book answers a number of questions about why states sponsor terror, it asks just as many about how to effectively sever the ties between the two parties.
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"Dan Byman has written what will likely become the standard text on state-sponsored terrorism. Deadly Connections is an important book that not only fills a long-standing gap in the field of terrorism studies, but significantly advances our understanding of this particularly opaque and complex phenomenon." --Bruce Hoffman, author of Inside Terrorism ,and Senior Fellow, Combating Terrorism Center, US Military Academy, West Point
"...the most comprehensive and rigorous treatment to date of the role states play in international terrorism. Too often the subject of state sponsorship is treated as a simple "do they or don't they" question. Byman's meticulous scholarship reveals how complex this important issue really is. In well-documented case studies combined with synthesizing analysis, he explores the full range of how states help terrorist groups and why they help them. This book is a ...useful input to policy toward some of the world's most troublesome regimes." --Paul Pillar, National Intelligence Office for the Near East and South Asia and author of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
"This is a truly excellent, informative and well-written book. As far as I know, there is no other current book on the same topic." --Karin von Hippel, Kings College London
"Byman's is the most authoritative account yet of the link between states and international terrorism. Thoroughly researched and carefully argued, Deadly Connections explores the motivations, limits, and consequences of the state sponsorship of terrorist groups -- and draws lessons about what the world can do about it." -- G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
"Thousands of people have died at the hands of terrorist groups who rely on state support for their activities. Iran and Libya are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while other countries, some with strong connections to the west, have enabled terrorist activity by turning a blind eye. Daniel Byman's hard-hitting and articulate book is the first to analyse this phenomenon." --Forbes.com
"Deadly Connections, which assembles an impressive array of information on this important dimension of terrorism today, will have reason to be consulted as the most reference handbook on the subject." --Gary Slick, Washington Post Book World
"The study of terrorism has long needed a comprehensive and dispassionate scholarly analysis of the problem of state sponsorship. With this book, Daniel Byman has filled that need and has performed a great service to the historical, indeed the entire scholarly, study of terrorism. The impressive academic and professional qualifications he brings to the subject has yielded a book that every scholar studying terrorism should read and take seriously." --David A. Charters, University of New Brunswick, The International History Review
"Deadly Connections is an excellent book, and Daniel Byman is precisely the kind of policy analyst needed in the aftermath of 9/11." --Digest of Middle East Studies
"...the most comprehensive and rigorous treatment to date of the role states play in international terrorism. Too often the subject of state sponsorship is treated as a simple "do they or don't they" question. Byman's meticulous scholarship reveals how complex this important issue really is. In well-documented case studies combined with synthesizing analysis, he explores the full range of how states help terrorist groups and why they help them. This book is a ...useful input to policy toward some of the world's most troublesome regimes." --Paul Pillar, National Intelligence Office for the Near East and South Asia and author of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
"This is a truly excellent, informative and well-written book. As far as I know, there is no other current book on the same topic." --Karin von Hippel, Kings College London
"Byman's is the most authoritative account yet of the link between states and international terrorism. Thoroughly researched and carefully argued, Deadly Connections explores the motivations, limits, and consequences of the state sponsorship of terrorist groups -- and draws lessons about what the world can do about it." -- G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
"Thousands of people have died at the hands of terrorist groups who rely on state support for their activities. Iran and Libya are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while other countries, some with strong connections to the west, have enabled terrorist activity by turning a blind eye. Daniel Byman's hard-hitting and articulate book is the first to analyse this phenomenon." --Forbes.com
"Deadly Connections, which assembles an impressive array of information on this important dimension of terrorism today, will have reason to be consulted as the most reference handbook on the subject." --Gary Slick, Washington Post Book World
"The study of terrorism has long needed a comprehensive and dispassionate scholarly analysis of the problem of state sponsorship. With this book, Daniel Byman has filled that need and has performed a great service to the historical, indeed the entire scholarly, study of terrorism. The impressive academic and professional qualifications he brings to the subject has yielded a book that every scholar studying terrorism should read and take seriously." --David A. Charters, University of New Brunswick, The International History Review
"Deadly Connections is an excellent book, and Daniel Byman is precisely the kind of policy analyst needed in the aftermath of 9/11." --Digest of Middle East Studies
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Daniel Byman is Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He has served on the 9/11 Commission staff and as an analyst with the U.S. government.
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Not A Great Read but Loaded With Information,
This review is from: Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism (Hardcover)
I am always excited when another book by the Saban Center is produced so when Deadly Connections was released I had to get my hands on it. The book, while dry, is loaded with facts and diagrams on top terror supporting nations. If you aren't interested in Middle Eastern affairs or terrorism than this won't be worth your money.
The author does a supreme job with describing state connections to terrorist groups across the globe, from Syria sponsoring groups like the PFLP-GC to Iran giving aid to Islamists and Hizbullah. The graphs and diagrams presented also give the facts more credibility in addition to making it easier for some to understand. For most people studying Middle East history or writting a paper on Middle Eastern nations connections to terrorist activity I would highly recommend this book. For the average person just wanting to have basic knowledge on terrorism, this may not be for them.
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Insightful conceptualization of state sponsored terrorism,
This review is from: Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism (Paperback)
Well known Daniel Byman offers very interesting book about a topic which was so far not thoroughly conceptualized - terrorism sponsored by states. Author basically provides useful typology of sponsorship, matrix of four categories:
1)State capable of acting, supporting terrorism 2)State incapable of acting, supporting terrorism 3)State capable of acting, opposing terrorism 4)State incapable of acting, opposing terrorism He emphasize the role of passive supporters, some times neglected in the analysis of this phenomenon and calls for distinguishing unwilling host of terrorism. Byman provides more than that - he presents comprehensive typology of character of support and more interestingly state's incentives for support of terrorism. This framework is very handy for anyone who thinks about writing a case study of state support of terrorism. Byman than illustrates his framework on case studies of Iran and Hizbu'llah, Taliban and al-Qa'ida and Syria and Palestinians groups. In the end presents some ideas about stopping state sponsored terrorism. I have just two reservation towards his work: - when dealing with Hizbu'llah he does not take in account the relationship between Party of God and Syria (see Palmer-Harik) - Byman focus only on state sponsored terrorism, neglecting rising self sufficiency of terrorist organizations thanks to illegal global economy (see Napoleoni). It can create uncomplete image, but probably is not the intention of Byman to argue that self sufficiency does not exist, just prefers to deal with different topic. Byman's work is original, academically sound and very useful, even more for students or academics who could use it's framework, for them definitely 5 stars, for other readers 4 stars. Petr Zelinka, Journal of Security Issues
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lest we forget about British terrorism,
By Elma ross "Today" (Pretoria, South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism (Paperback)
The book is certainly well-written, and informative. At the same time, one should never forget that Britain officially terrorised Boer civilians in the Anglo Boer War. It is easy to hammer about the Middle East, but no-one from the Middle-East has done anything worse than Britain has, in terms of terrorising civilians. Before anyone in the Middle-East is being judged, it is time for the West to re-consider itself and its own history. To my knowledge no terrorist group from the erea in question has ever tranvelled abroad, took an army of 2 1/2 times the population of an entire region, and starved the civilians in concentration camps.
Nevertheless, this is a book that libraries should buy, as it is a good reference. British terrorism against Boer civilians
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