The author examines the factors which influence terrorists' target selection. In particular he looks at the influence of the ideologies, strategies and tactics of terrorist groups, and describes how these are restricted by the terrorists' resources, by protective and anti-terrorist measures, by the society within which the terrorists operate, and by the nature of the terrorists and their supporters. He concludes that terrorists' target selection is often both explicable and logical.

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'...one waits for Drake's next venture with anticipation.' - J. Bowyer Bell, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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C.J.M. DRAKE has a BA in Politics from the University of Lancaster and a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews.

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Book Title: Terrorists' Target Selection
Authors: C. J. M. Drake
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374676
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-21197-4Published: 11 November 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37467-6Published: 26 August 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 272
Topics: International Relations, Terrorism and Political Violence

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