Terrorists' Target Selection / Edition 1

by C. Drake

Overview

Terrorist violence can often seem both irrational and indiscriminate. This book is an attempt to describe why terrorists attack particular targets. Looking at terrorist groups from around the world, and over the past 100 years, it examines the nature of terrorism and the various factors which influence terrorists' target selection. In particular it looks at the influence of the ideologies, strategies and tactics of terrorist groups, and describes how these are restricted by the terrorists' resources, by security and anti-terrorist measures, and by society within which the terrorists operate. The book also shows how target selection can be affected by the nature of the terrorists themselves and by their supporters. Overall it concludes that apparently irrational and indiscriminate terrorist attacks are frequently the result of factors which are both explicable and logical.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312211974
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/26/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

C.J.M. DRAKE has a BA in Politics from the University of Lancaster and a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Terrorist Typologies Ideology Strategy Tactics Capabilities Target Protection The Security Environment External Factors Decision-making Target Selection Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

Attempts to explain the rationale behind terrorist attacks, examining the nature of terrorism and factors which influence terrorists' choice of targets. Looks at the influence of ideologies, strategies, and tactics of terrorist groups, and describes how these groups are restricted by human and material resources, by the societies in which they operate, and by security and anti-terrorist measures. Focus is on the activities of non-state terrorist groups around the world. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'...one waits for Drake's next venture with anticipation.' - J. Bowyer Bell, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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