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Ending terrorism : lessons for defeating al-Qaeda / Audrey Kurth Cronin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cronin, Audrey Kurth, 1958-
- Series:
- Adelphi papers ; no. 394.
- Adelphi paper, 0567-932X ; 394
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qaida (Organization).
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 pages.) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2008.
- Summary:
- Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. Terrorist groups end according to recognisable patterns that have persisted for centuries, and they reflect, among other factors, the counter-terrorist policies taken against them. It makes sense to formulate those policies with a specific image of an end in mind.Understanding how terrorism ends is the best way to avoid being manipulated by the tactic. There is vast historical experience with the decline and ending of terrorist campaigns, yet few policymakers are familiar with it. This paper first explains five typical strategies of terrorism and why Western thinkers fail to grasp them. It then describes historical patterns in ending terrorism to suggest how insights from that history can lay a foundation for more effective counter-strategies. Finally, it extracts policy prescriptions specifically relevant to ending the campaign of al-Qaeda and its associates, moving towards a post-al-Qaeda world.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter One. The Strategies of terrorism
- Coercion and compellence
- Understanding strategies of leverage
- Democracies and strategies of leverage
- Chapter Two. Historical patterns in ending terrorism
- Myths about the end of terrorism
- Examining how terrorist campaigns have ended
- Implications for counter-terrorism
- Chapter Three. Ending al-Qaeda
- The logic of al-Qaeda's strategy
- Terrorism's strategic triad
- How might al-Qaeda end?
- A strategy to end al-Qaeda: counter-mobilisation
- Beyond al-Qaeda – Conclusion: a post al-Qaeda world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-85).
- ISBN:
- 9780203717592 (electronic book)
- 0-203-71759-7
- 1-283-88434-8
- 1-135-86756-9
- 9780203717592
- OCLC:
- 822565412
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