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How Terrorism Ends

Audrey Kurth Cronin

Terrorist campaigns seem endless, yet the author argues they always end, and knowing how they end shows how to respond

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Author
Audrey Kurth Cronin

Why read it

  • You will learn to ask how a conflict will end, not only how your side is doing
  • You will learn that terrorist campaigns usually end when the group itself fails and falls apart
  • You will learn to answer an attack with a long plan, so passion does not choose your strategy

Who it is for

  • Citizens who want a clear head after a terrorist attack
  • Policy staff, analysts and journalists covering security
  • Anyone tempted to treat a conflict as an endless war

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. CHAPTER ONE
  3. Decapitation
  4. CATCHING OR KILLING THE LEADER
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. Negotiations
  7. TRANSITION TOWARD A LEGITIMATE POLITICAL PROCESS
  8. CHAPTER THREE
  9. Success
  10. ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVE
  11. CHAPTER FOUR
  12. Failure
  13. IMPLODING, PROVOKING A BACKLASH, OR BECOMING MARGINALIZED
  14. CHAPTER FIVE
  15. Repression
  16. CRUSHING TERRORISM WITH FORCE
  17. CHAPTER SIX
  18. Reorientation
  19. TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER MODUS OPERANDI
  20. CHAPTER SEVEN
  21. How Al-Qaeda Ends
  22. THE RELEVANCE AND IRRELEVANCE OF HISTORY
  23. Conclusion
  24. APPENDIX
  25. Statistical Analysis of Terrorist Campaigns

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