Mark D. Silinsky is a senior intelligence analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, where he has worked for thirty-eight years, and is an affiliated professor at Haifa University. He is the author of Jihad and the West: Black Flag over Babylon and The Taliban: Afghanistan’s Most Lethal Insurgent Group and coauthor of The Manager’s Guide to Terrorism, Risk, and Insurance: Essentials for Today’s Business.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. Events and Ideas behind the Guards
Chapter Two. The Guards as a New Tool of Power
Chapter Three. The Guards’ Domestic Policy
Chapter Four. The People’s Militia
Chapter Five. The Guards’ Foreign Policy
Chapter Six. The Guards’ Unconventional Toolbox
Chapter Seven. The Guards, Inc.
Chapter Eight. Empire of Terror
Appendix: Important Personalities
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
