A Woman's Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11

582 Pages·2020·4.5 MB·English

by  Joana Cook

A WOMAN’S PLACE

JOANA COOK
A Woman’s Place
US Counterterrorism Since 9/11

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CONTENTS
List of abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: Women as agents, partners and targets of
counterterrorism 1
1. Analyzing women in counterterrorism 49
2. Counterterrorism from Bush to Obama 89
3. The Department of Defense 149
4. The Department of State 239
5. The US Agency for International Development 297
6. Enter Trump: Counterterrorism going forward 359
Appendix: Examples highlighted throughout the book 423
Notes 427
Bibliography 473
Index 545
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