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Terrorists' Target Selection

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  • © 1998

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  1. C. J. M. Drake
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 1-4

  3. Terrorist Typologies

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 5-15

  4. Ideology

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 16-34

  5. Strategy

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 35-53

  6. Tactics

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 54-72

  7. Capabilities

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 73-97

  8. Target Protection

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 98-119

  9. The Security Environment

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 120-143

  10. External Factors

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 144-162

  11. Decision-making

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 163-174

  12. Target Selection

    • C. J. M. Drake
    Pages 175-182

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 183-272
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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

About the author

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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