Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences
Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to...
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| author | Libicki, Martin C. Chalk, Peter Sisson, Melanie W. Sisson, Melanie |
| author_browse | Chalk, Peter Libicki, Martin C. Sisson, Melanie Sisson, Melanie W. |
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| description | Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to affiliates? This book analyzes past attacks, post hoc justifications, and expert opinion to weigh each hypothesis. |
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| language | eng |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1146522024-03-29T19:30:34Z Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences Libicki, Martin C. Chalk, Peter Sisson, Melanie W. Sisson, Melanie Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to affiliates? This book analyzes past attacks, post hoc justifications, and expert opinion to weigh each hypothesis. 2023-10-05T10:11:38Z 2023-10-05T10:11:38Z 2007 book ONIX_20231005_9780833042484_426 9780833042484 9780833039132 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114652 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/MG483DHS RAND Corporation 10.7249/MG483DHS 10.7249/MG483DHS 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833042484 9780833039132 open access |
| spellingShingle | Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle Libicki, Martin C. Chalk, Peter Sisson, Melanie W. Sisson, Melanie Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences |
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| topic | Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle |
| topic_facet | Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle |
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