| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 259 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in violence and terrorism
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Violence and terror (Stanford, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A theory of organizational resilience -- Hypotheses on leadership decapitation -- Is leadership targeting effective? -- Hamas : bureaucracy, social services, and local support -- The Shining Path : the organization and support of a left-wing group -- Al-Qaeda : religious ideology and organizational resilience. |
| Summary |
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 of Terrorist Organizations, 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Prevention.
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Terrorism -- Prevention. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jordan, Jenna (Jennifer Elaine). Leadership decapitation. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019 9781503608245 (DLC) 2019009121 |
| ISBN |
9781503610675 (electronic book) |
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1503610675 (electronic book) |
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9781503608245 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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