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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Hauptverfasser: Libicki, Martin C. (VerfasserIn), Chalk, Peter (VerfasserIn), Sisson, Melanie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. RAND 2007
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:"MG-483."
Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:XXII, 107 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780833039132

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