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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1. Verfasser: Libicki, Martin C.
Körperschaft: United States. Department of Homeland Security
Weitere Verfasser: Chalk, Peter, Sisson, Melanie
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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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:"Prepared for the Department of Homeland Security."
"MG-483-DHS"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 107 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-107).
ISBN:9780833042484
0833042483
1281180912
9781281180919
9786611180911
6611180915

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