1st Edition
The Strategy of Terrorism How it Works, and Why it Fails
140 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
This is the first book to set out a comprehensive framework by which to understand terrorism as strategy. It contends that even terrorism of the supposedly nihilist variety can be viewed as a bona fide method for distributing means to fulfil the ends of policy, that is, as a strategy.
The main purpose of the work is to describe the dynamics of terrorism and evaluate their effectiveness, as... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Terrorism and Strategic Theory 3. The Strategy of Terrorism 4. Flawed Assumptions 5. The Escalation Trap 6. Conclusion
Biography
Peter R. Neumann is Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. M. L. R. Smith is Reader in War Studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
