How Terrorist Groups End Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida

• Main Author: Jones, Seth G. (auth)
• Other Authors: Libicki, Martin C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: International relations; Military engineering; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

All terrorist groups eventually end. But how do they end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that most groups have ended because (1) they joined the political process (43 percent) or (2) local police and intelligence agencies arrested or killed key members (40 percent). Military force has rarely been...