Ending terrorism : lessons for defeating al-Qaeda / Audrey Kurth Cronin

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Adelphi Papers ; 394Publication details: London : Routledge, 2008Description: 86 pISBN:
  • 9780415450621 (pbk) :
ISSN:
  • 0567-932X
Subject(s): Summary: All terrorist campaigns end. Understanding this and studying how previous terrorism campaigns have ended will provide policy makers with examples that can be applied to current events. This provides governments with proactive strategic leverage rather than reactive tactical responses that may undermine longer term objectives. This paper shows what needs to be considered and how such lessons drawn from past experience can help to move towards a post al-Qaeda world.
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All terrorist campaigns end. Understanding this and studying how previous terrorism campaigns have ended will provide policy makers with examples that can be applied to current events. This provides governments with proactive strategic leverage rather than reactive tactical responses that may undermine longer term objectives. This paper shows what needs to be considered and how such lessons drawn from past experience can help to move towards a post al-Qaeda world.

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