The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations

by Jacob N. Shapiro

Book Overview

A comprehensive look at how terrorist groups organize themselves

How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are structured. Employing a broad range of agency theory, historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691157219
• ISBN13: 9780691157214
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"