Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

• প্রধান লেখক: Libicki, Martin C. (auth)
• অন্যান্য লেখক: Chalk, Peter (auth), Sisson, Melanie W. (auth), Sisson, Melanie (auth)
• বিন্যাস: বৈদ্যুতিক গ্রন্থের অধ্যায়
• ভাষা: ইংরেজি
• প্রকাশিত: RAND Corporation 2007
• বিষয়গুলি: International relations; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science
• অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to...