India\'s War on Terror
Contents: Introduction/Gurmeet Kanwal. Part. I: Issues. 1. Conceptualising ‘New Terrorism’/N. Manoharan. 2. Tracking ‘New Terrorism’ in the Indian Context/Samarjit Ghosh. 3. Motivation, Perpetrators and Methods/Hardev Faujdar and Anil Chauhan. 4. Feeding the Fiends: Terror Support Systems/Harish Thukral and M L N Sravan Kumar. 5. ‘Ground Zero’: Victims and Targets/Swapna Kona Nayudu. Part. II: Counter-measures. 6. Enhancing Border Security and Border Management/Ravi Tuteja and Mansi Mehrotra. 7. Strengthening the Combat Arm/S.M. Singh. 8. Credible Intelligence/S.C. Meston. 9. Countering Terrorism Through International Cooperation/Monika Chansoria. 10. Terrorism and the Role of the Media/Shah Alam. 11. The Role of Civil Society in Countering Terrorism/Avinash Godbole. 12. Counter-terrorism Policies of the US, Japan and Israel: Lessons for India/Rajesh Kapoor. 13. Conclusion: Beginning of an End/Gurmeet Kanwal and N Manoharan. Appendix.
No nation has suffered more form terrorism than India. Since the 1990s, India has been plagued by what has come to be known as New Terrorism’ which is global amorphous, well-networked, lethal, indiscriminate, diverse, sophisticated and is conducted by highly motivated fanatics. In the recent past, India has witnessed more terrorist incidents than any other country in the world. As India is located in an unstable neighbourhood, cross-border linkages of terrorist groups have made the problem all the more complex. To counter this menace, India needs a comprehensive interministerial, inter-departmental, multi-agency,multi-disciplinary counter-terrorism policy and organisational capabilities necessary to give effect to that policy.
India’s War on Terror is an attempt to take a hard look at various aspects of terrorism/counter-terrorism in today’s India and suggest suitable actions to improve and enhance the country’s counter-terrorism efforts. In two parts and 13 chapters, the book covers the entire gamut of issues pertaining to terrorism in India. Augmented by a chronology of terrorist incidents in India since 1993 and many illustrations, it is an essential reading for students, researchers, teachers, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, journalists and analysts in the field. (Jacket)
