Research Catalog

Title

Exploring terrorist targeting preferences / Martin C. Libicki, Peter Chalk, Melanie Sisson.

Author

Libicki, Martin C.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Chalk, Peter
• Rand Corporation.
• Rand Homeland Security (Program)
• Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
• Sisson, Melanie
• United States. Department of Homeland Security.

Description

xxii, 107 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to affiliates? This book analyzes past attacks, post hoc justifications, and expert opinion to weigh each hypothesis.

Subject

Terrorism > United States > Prevention

Note

• "MG-483."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain
• committed to retain

Contents

What drives al Qaeda's choice of targets? -- Hypothesis testing: quantitative and qualitative measures -- Hypothesis testing: al Qaeda statements and expert observations -- Ramifications for al Qaeda attack planning in the United States.

ISBN

083303913X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006011784

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library