The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails

by Peter R. Neumann and M.L.R. Smith

Book Overview

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 well as to theorize upon, and clarify the correlation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415545269
• ISBN13: 9780415545266
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"