Includes bibliographical references (pages 2258-235) and index.
War on terror : the legal dimension -- Legal requirements for unconventional warfare : the operational context -- State-sponsored terrorism : the international political context -- The law of self-defense as applied to the terrorist threat -- The development of rules of engagement -- Use of force by the President : defensive uses short of war -- Covert action and the War on Terror -- Habeas corpus and the detention of enemy combatants -- Torture and the interrogation of detainees -- Federal court or military commission : the dilemma -- The International Criminal Court and the trial of terror-related crimes -- High seas terror and the elimination of piracy -- Outsourcing defense support operations in the War on Terror -- Stabilization operations : addressing post-conflict unrest in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Environmental terrorism : from oil fires to fouling gulf waters -- Defense of critical infrastructure systems from terrorists : computer network defense (CND) -- The legality of attack on foreign infrastructure posing a threat : computer network attack (CNA) -- War powers in the age of terror : the 2011 Libya operation -- The War on Terror and media access -- Future perspectives in addressing terror violence