Overview
One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation of Terrorist Organizations, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targeting--involving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISIS--to identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan demonstrates, group infrastructure, ideology, and popular support all play a role in determining how and why leadership decapitation succeeds or fails. Taking heed of these conditions is essential to an effective counterterrorism policy going forward.
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- ISBN-13: 9781503608245
- ISBN-10: 1503608247
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publish Date: November 2019
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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