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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Max Abrahms (Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Northeastern University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.610kg ISBN: 9780198811558ISBN 10: 0198811551 Pages: 298 Publication Date: 03 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Stupid Terrorist Rule #1 1. Learning to Win 1: My West Bank Discovery 2: Testing the Strategic Model of Terrorism 3: Terrorism Success Stories Revisited 4: Correspondence of Means and Ends Bias 5: How Terrorism Expedites Organizational Demise 6: What Smart Leaders Know Rule #2 2. Restraining to Win 7: Principal-Agent Problems in Militant Groups 8: Cultivating Task Cohesion 9: The Structure of Success 10: The Benefits of Centralizing 11: When Elephants Rampage Rule #3 3. Branding to Win 12: Denial of Organizational Involvement 13: Denial of Principal Intent Conclusion: The Future of TerrorismReviewsRules for Rebels gives us much valuable information about the mindsets and inner workings of specific rebel groups, but its value goes far beyond this. It should help a wide group of international policymakers and analysts, and its conclusions should be compulsory reading for Western governments and their security agencies. * Diana Darke, Times Literary Supplement * Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative analyses, Abrahms shows that the deliberate killing of civilians significantly reduces a rebellion's chances of success, for at least three main reasons...There is an urgent need to shatter the mystique of civilian targeting, and this book does that very well. * Alex J. Bellamy, The University of Queensland, International Affairs * Rules for Rebels gives us much valuable information about the mindsets and inner workings of specific rebel groups, but its value goes far beyond this. It should help a wide group of international policymakers and analysts, and its conclusions should be compulsory reading for Western governments and their security agencies. * Diana Darke, Times Literary Supplement * Author InformationDr. Max Abrahms is among the worlds leading experts on the subject of terrorism. Currently, he is a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University. He has held various affiliations with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Empirical Studies of Conflict project at Princeton University and Stanford University, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Military Academy, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, the Center for the Study of Terrorism in Rome, the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, the economics department at Bar Ilan University, the political science department at Johns Hopkins University, and the Belfer Center at Harvard University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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