02496cam a22004815i 4500 23318321 20250607123314.8 m |o d | cr|||||||||||| 090623s2009 pau ob f000 0 eng 23318321 0 ibc origcop u ncip 20 y-gencatlg acquire policy default 2023692697 1584873906 9781584873907 DLC eng pn rda DLC s------ ew----- HV6439.S6 364.1/066098 22 Manwaring, Max G. State and nonstate associated gangs : credible "midwives of new social orders" / Max G. Manwaring. Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2009] 1 electronic resource (viii, 71 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online cr rdacarrier "May 2009." Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-71). Unrestricted online access This monograph explores the complex protean character and hegemonic role of gangs operating as state and nonstate surrogates in the contemporary asymmetric and irregular global security arena. Gangs come in different types with different motives, and with different modes of action. Examples include Venezuela's institutionalized "popular militias," Colombia's devolving paramilitary criminal or warrior bands (bandas criminales), and al-Qaeda's loosely organized networks of propaganda-agitator gangs operating in Spain and elsewhere in Western Europe. This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. Counterinsurgency. Gangs Europe, Western. Gangs South America. Political stability. Sovereignty. Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute. Print version: State and nonstate associated gangs Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2009] 9781584873907 (DLC) 2009416405 gdcebookspublic 2023692697 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692697 gdc/scd gdc/usgovdigresources