The dynamic terrorist threat : an assessment of group motivations and capabilities in a changing world / R. Kim Cragin, Sara A. Daly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cragin, Kim.

Contributor:

United States. Air Force.

Rand Corporation.

Project Air Force (U.S.)

Daly, Sara A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Terrorists.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Threats--United States--Prevention.

Threats.

Behavioral assessment--United States.

Behavioral assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the war on terrorism wages on, our nation?s policymakers will continue to face the challenge of assessing threats that various terrorist groups pose to the U.S. homeland and our interests abroad. As part of the RAND Corporation?s yearlong ?Thinking Strategically About Combating Terrorism? project, the authors of this report develop a way to assess and analyze the danger posed by various terrorist organizations around the world. The very nature of terrorism creates a difficulty in predicting new and emerging threats; however, by establishing these types of parameters, the report creates a fr

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Methodology; Chapter Two - Assessing Terrorist Threats; Building the Framework; Applying the Framework; Chapter Three - Terrorist Groups' Capabilities; Hypothesizing Terrorist Tools; Organizational Tools; Operational Tools; Chapter Four - Terrorist Groups as Dynamic Entities; Shining Path; Hizballah; Egyptian Islamic Jihad; Abu Sayyaf Group; Rising up and Falling Down: Terrorist Groups in Transition; Chapter Five - Conclusion; Appendix - Trends in Terrorist Attacks

Bibliography

Notes:

"MR-1782."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-45146-4

9786612451461

0-8330-3621-1

OCLC:

475901500