Ending Terrorism: Lessons for Defeating Al-Qaeda: 394 (Adelphi series)

by Audrey Kurth Cronin (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $30.47

  Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. This paper explains five typical strategies of terrorism and why Western thinkers fail to grasp them.