Norwitz Jeffrey (ed.). Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency

Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College Press, 2008. — 504 p.Contains a discussion of armed groups which are considered to include classic insurgents, terrorists, guerrillas, militias, police agencies, criminal organizations, war-lords, privatized military organizations, mercenaries, pirates, drug cartels, apocalyptic religious extremists, orchestrated rioters and mobs, and tribal factions. To study armed groups use of history, political science, anthropology, sociology, theology, and economics are traditional areas of research. The book also delves into matters of ethics, technology, intelligence, education, the law, diplomacy, military science, and even mythology. The book is divided into five sections: history and armed groups, present context and environment, religion and inspiration, thinking differently about armed groups, the shape of things to come.