The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails
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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The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails
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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The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails

The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails

by Peter R. Neumann, M.L.R. Smith
The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails

The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails

by Peter R. Neumann, M.L.R. Smith

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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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134092710
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/18/2007
Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 299 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Terrorism and Strategic Theory 3. The Strategy of Terrorism 4. Flawed Assumptions 5. The Escalation Trap 6. Conclusion
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