Terrorist's dilemma : managing violent covert organizations /
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| Author / Creator: | Shapiro, Jacob N. |
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| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2013. |
| Description: | xi, 335 p. ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9301529 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. The Challenge of Organizing Terror
- 1.2. The Terrorist's Dilemma
- 1.3. Why Understanding Hierarchy and Control Matters
- 1.4. What About 9/11?
- 1.5. Are Terrorist Organizations Really So Familiar?
- 1.6. Can We Treat Terrorist Organizations as Rational?
- 1.7. Plan of the Book
- 2. The Terrorist's Dilemma
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Why Preference Divergence?
- 2.3. How Groups Respond to Preference Divergence
- 2.4. The Difficult Challenge of Balancing Security with Efficiency and Control
- 2.5. Conclusion
- 3. The Insider's View on Terrorist Organizations
- 3.1. Organizing Terror
- 3.2. Data
- 3.3. Quantitative Analysis
- 3.4. Content Analysis: Some Good Stories
- 3.5. Conclusion
- 4. Organizing Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Operations and Finances
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. A Brief History of al-Qa'ida in Iraq
- 4.3. Managing AQI
- 4.4. Conclusion
- 5. The Tradeoffs
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Managing Terrorist Funds: The Security-Efficiency Tradeoff
- 5.3. Managing Terrorist Violence: The Security-Control Tradeoff
- 5.4. Discussion
- 6. Uncertainty and Control in Russia
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. A Brief History of Pre-Revolutionary Russian Terrorism
- 6.3. A History of Pre-Revolutionary Terrorism
- 6.4. Uncertainty and Patterns of Control
- 6.5. Other Aspects of Russian Terrorism
- 6.6. Conclusion
- 7. Discrimination and Control in Ireland
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Discrimination and Patterns of Violence
- 7.3. Measuring Control
- 7.4. The Provisional LRA
- 7.5. The Loyalist Paramilitaries
- 7.6. Conclusion
- 8. Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Fatah: The Challenges of Integration
- 8.3. Hamas
- 8.4. Control in Fatah and Hamas
- 8.5. Conclusion
- 9. Conclusion and Recommendations
- 9.1. Summary of the Argument
- 9.2. Exploiting Organizational Vulnerabilities
- 9.3. Conclusion
- Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies
- A.1. Introduction
- A.2. Terrorist Autobiographies
- Appendix B. Methodological Appendix
- B.1. Case Selection
- B.2. Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
