The Strategy of Terrorism
How it Works, and Why it Fails
Published on 18. October 2007
144 pages
978-1-134-09271-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to set out a comprehensive framework by which to understand terrorism as strategy. It contends that even terrorism of the supposedly nihilist variety can be viewed as a bona fide method for distributing means to fulfil the ends of policy, that is, as a strategy. The main purpose of the work is to describe the dynamics of terr
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-09271-0 (9781134092710)
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03/2009
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10/2007
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Persons
Peter R. Neumann is Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. M. L. R. Smith is Reader in War Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College London.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Terrorism and Strategic Theory 3. The Strategy of Terrorism 4. Flawed Assumptions 5. The Escalation Trap 6. Conclusion
