Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences
Author: Martin C. Libicki
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 083303913X


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Al Qaeda seeks a restored caliphate free of Western influence, using terror as its means. But how does terrorism serve the ends of Al Qaeda? Based on the analysis of 14 major terrorist attacks, this book seeks to understand its strategic logic and suggest what types of U.S. targets it might seek and why. It examines four different hypotheses : coercion, damage, rally and franchise, to link means and ends.