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How Terrorism Ends : Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns /

Amid the fear following 9/11 and other recent terror attacks, it is easy to forget the most important fact about terrorist campaigns: they always come to an end--and often far more quickly than expected. Contrary to what many assume, when it comes to dealing with terrorism it may be more important t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cronin, Audrey Kurth, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Decapitation : catching or killing the leader
  • Negotiations : transition toward a legitimate political process
  • Success : achieving the objective
  • Failure : imploding, provoking a backlash, or becoming marginalized
  • Repression : crushing terrorism with force
  • Reorientation : transitioning to another modus operandi
  • How Al-Qaeda ends : the relevance and irrelevance of history.