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Asymmetrical Warfare - The Post World War - Lecture Slides, Slides of History

It is the Lecture Slides of the Post World War which includes Terrorism, Russian Response, Chechenya, Israel Consul General Eli Avidar, Indian Consul Goel, Israeli Palestinian Issue etc. Key important points are: Asymmetrical Warfare, Distinctiveness, Asymmetry, Military, Civility, High Tech, Low Tech, Perspective on Asymmetry, Actor, Event

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Week 4: Distinctiveness of 911 Attack
Lecture 9: Asymmetrical Warfare
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Week 4: Distinctiveness of 911 Attack

Lecture 9: “Asymmetrical Warfare”

Structure of Lecture 9:

  • Introduction to the Distinctiveness of the 911 Attack
  • Asymmetry Type A:
    • Military Vs Civility
  • Asymmetry Type B:
    • Low-tech Vs High-tech
  • Osama Bin Laden’s Perspective on Asymmetry
  • Conclusion: Was it so “asymmetrical”?

“Language 101” and 911’s Uniqueness

  • George W Bush: “A Threat with No Precedent”… - Actor - Event
  • Venue
  • Tool
  • Timing
  • Different Perspectives on its Uniqueness owing to Different Personal Backgrounds…

Actor – the Planner

  • Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden:
    • The “Shadow Leader”
  • “Desperately seeking for enemies”
  • A Non-governmental Organization instead of a Country - From 2-dimensional World to 3-dimensional world
  • … more on week 10

Venue (I)

  • Attack on American “Homeland”
  • 1776-1783: War of Independence
  • 1812-1815: Anglo- American War - 1814: Fall of Washington, D.C. - Burning of White House and the Capitol

Venue (II)

  • 1916: Mexican guerrilla war
    • Pancho Villa
    • Raid on Columbus (New Mexico)
  • 1941-1945: Second World War
    • 1941: Pearl Harbor Incident
    • 1942: Japanese Incendiary Bombs in Pacific Northwest
  • A “Safe Haven” during Cold War

Tools (II)

  • Asymmetry Type A:
    • Military Warfare Vs Common People
  • Asymmetry Type B:
    • Low-tech Primitive Weapons Vs High-tech Modernized Weapons

Timing

  • Accidentalism Vs Incrementalism
  • Dramatic Setting (“September 11”)
  • Media Coverage’s Impacts on Modern Warfare
  • End of the World, WWIII, Ghost Stories…
  • … more on Wednesday

Identities of 911 Attackers and Victims

  • Hijackers: Murderers/ Military Soldiers
  • Planners: Military Commanders
  • Pentagon Victims: Military officers
  • World Trade Center Victims:
    • Common people (non-militant)
    • Internationalized (multi-national corporations)
  • The Editing Strategy of Politically Incorrectness
    • Emphasis on WTC (Asymmetrical)
    • Tune down on Pentagon (Symmetrical)
    • The Article #23 Analogy

War Codes and Charters

  • Ancient War Codes: “Just Wars”/ Chevaliers
    • Ancient China: Confucius Vs Legalists
    • Ancient West: Christianity Vs Machiavellian
  • United Nations Charters
    • Geneva Convention
    • International Court of Justice (the Hague)
  • Protection of Common People at Wars
  • Against Exploitation of Women and Children
  • Against Exploitation of War Prisoners

Low-tech Primitive Strategies

  • Hi! Jack…
  • Everyday life weapon: pocket knifes, folks, box-cutters…
  • Commercial Plane Vs F
  • The “Shoe Bomber”
  • Psychological Attack
    • Martyrdom

High-tech Modernized Strategies

  • Star War (Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI)
    • President Ronald Reagan (1983)
    • Aim: to destroy Soviet nuclear weapons IN SPACE
    • Hollywood movies: “Star War I, II, III”…
    • Purpose: to keep American cities save
    • Effect: collapse of USSR?

The 911 Balance Sheet

  • Lives: 3,
    • World Trade Center: 2,
    • Pentagon: 125
    • Planes: 269
    • Hijackers: 19
    • Turnover: 160 times
  • Financial Cost:
    • USA: US$33,000,000,
    • Al-Qaeda: US$1,000,
    • Turnover: 33,000 times

Assigned Readings

  • Main Text: Lawrence Freedman: “A New Type of War” (B&D P.37-47)
  • Supplementary Text: Christopher Harmon. Terrorism Today. Chapter 2: Strategies (P.44-75).