Terrorists’ Target Selection

✍ Scribed by C. J. M. Drake (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 286
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Terrorist Typologies....Pages 5-15
Ideology....Pages 16-34
Strategy....Pages 35-53
Tactics....Pages 54-72
Capabilities....Pages 73-97
Target Protection....Pages 98-119
The Security Environment....Pages 120-143
External Factors....Pages 144-162
Decision-making....Pages 163-174
Target Selection....Pages 175-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-272

✦ Subjects

International Relations; Terrorism and Political Violence

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