Know Thy Enemy; Profiles of Adversary Leaders and Their Strategic Cultures
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: USAF Counterproliferation Center, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. v, [1], 325, [1] pages. Notes. Contributors. Barry R. Schneider is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including Know Thy Enemy (2002), The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Jerrold M. Post (February 8, 1934 — November 22, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and author. He was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) and the founder of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Post created a number of "psychobiographies" on notable individuals during his tenure at the C.I.A. and is credited in some sources as inventing the field of political psychology. This diverse collection of articles includes discussions on strategic deterrence, the Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan's leaders, North Korea's leadership, Iran's leadership, Iraq's past experience with Saddam Hussein, Syria's leadership, Libya's leadership, behavior models of adversaries, and the need for precise assessments of rivals. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Leadership, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Musharraf, Kim Chong-il, Radical Islam, Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Asad, Muammar Qaddafi, Influence Theory, Behavioral Models, Asymmetric War, Threat Environment
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