Force of words: the role of threats in terrorism

This article builds a new theoretical framework to understand the role of threats in terrorism. Interviews of IRA members give rise to a speech/kinetic action model of terrorism, in which threats and violence jointly determine the physical consequences and political messages conveyed by terrorist at...

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Main Author: Brown, Joseph M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 7, Pages: 1527-1549
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Keywords:
Terrorism
Threats
Coercion
Signaling
Communication
Irish Republican Army

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