Peter de Werd

US Intelligence and Al Qaeda (eBook, ePUB)

Analysis by Contrasting Narratives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book sets out a new analytic methodology: analysis by contrasting narratives (ACN), which states that defining an enemy and attempting to counter threats can contribute to the manifestation of that threat. Peter de Werd applies ACN to the problem the US faced in understanding and responding to the phenomenon of Al Qaeda in the 1990s. He demonstrates how this approach can fill a gap in intelligence studies by enhancing the understanding of complex intelligence problems and strengthening the practice of intelligence analysis. Adopting a reflexivist theoretical stance, the book underlines the importance of an integrated approach to interpretation and action, and of a continuous dialogue between intelligence and policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474478090
• Artikelnr.: 72422168

Autorenporträt

Peter G. de Werd is Assistant Professor of Intelligence and Security at the Netherlands Defence Academy in Breda.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: on intelligence
1. ACN: Theory, methodology, method, and object of research
From discourse to narratives
Power, ideology, and difference
Securitization
ACN: from methodology to method
The complex intelligence problem of Al Qaeda
2. Al Qaeda narrative
Introduction
Bin Laden's base
Shapes of Al Qaeda
Bin Laden's speech in 1996
World Islamic Front declaration 1998
Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and US missile strikes
The foiled millennium plots
The USS Cole
Securitization, power, and identity in the Al Qaeda narrative
Reflection
3. US institutional terrorism narrative on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Introduction
Early efforts to put Bin Laden on the national security agenda
US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
Managing the threat of terrorism
The attack on the USS Cole
Power, securitization, and identity in the US institutional terrorism
narrative
Reflection
4. Critical terrorism narrative
Introduction
Bin Laden: extremist or businessman?
Bin Laden as a wedge
Disagreement among followers
Pragmatism: shifting focus
The dust of the attacks on US Embassies in Africa and Arab fury
Critique on US framings, sanctions and missile strikes
The murderous attempted sinking of the USS Cole
Critiquing US and Al Qaeda securitization efforts
Reflection
5. Conclusion
Introduction
Analysis by Contrasting Narratives
ACN: a contribution to intelligence studies
Reflexivism and critical intelligence studies
Selected bibliography