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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPrice, Bryan C.
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245 1 0 _aTargeting Top Terrorists :
_bUnderstanding Leadership Removal in Counterterrorism Strategy /
_cBryan C. Price.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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490 0 _aColumbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Introduction --
_t2. Organizations and Leaders --
_t3. Leadership in Terrorist Organizations --
_t4. Quantitative Analysis of Leadership Decapitation in Terrorist Groups --
_t5. The Effects of Leadership Decapitation on Hamas --
_t6. Conclusion: Policy Implications and Future Research --
_tAppendix --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWhen President Barack Obama announced the assassination of Osama bin Laden, many Americans hoped the killing of al-Qaida's leader would sound the death knell for the organization. Since 9/11, killing and capturing terrorist leaders has been a central element in U.S. counterterrorism strategy. This practice, known as leadership decapitation, is based on the logic that removing key figures will disrupt the organization and contribute to its ultimate failure. Yet many scholars have argued that targeted killings are ineffective or counterproductive, questioning whether taking out a terror network's leaders causes more problems than it solves.In Targeting Top Terrorists, Bryan C. Price offers a rich, data-driven examination of leadership decapitation tactics, providing theoretical and empirical explanations of the conditions under which they can be successful. Analyzing hundreds of cases of leadership turnover from over two hundred terrorist groups, Price demonstrates that although the tactic may result in short-term negative side effects, the loss of top leaders significantly reduces terror groups' life spans. He explains vital questions such as: What factors make some terrorist groups more vulnerable than others? Is it better to kill or capture terrorist leaders? How does leadership decapitation compare to other counterterrorism options? With compelling evidence based on an original dataset along with an in-depth case study of Hamas, Targeting Top Terrorists contributes to scholarship on terrorism and organizational theory and provides insights for policy makers and practitioners on some of the most pressing debates in the field.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aTerrorism
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aTerrorism-Prevention.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism.
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