Leadership decapitation: strategic targeting of terrorist organizations
Klappentext: One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership t...
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Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
[2019]
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En: | Año: 2019 |
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Sumario: | Klappentext: One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targeting - involving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISIS - to identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan demonstrates, group infrastructure, ideology, and popular support all play a role in determining how and why leadership decapitation succeeds or fails. Taking heed of these conditions is essential to an effective counterterrorism policy going forward. |
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Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 231-247, Register |
Descripción Física: | ix, 259 Seiten Diagramme |
ISBN: | 9781503608245 |