How terrorist groups end
Subtitle: lessons for countering Al Qa'ida
By: Seth G. Jones, Martin C. Libicki.
Contributors: Libicki, Martin C.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780833044655
Subjects: Qaida (Organization); Terrorism; Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation; Intelligence service; Problem-oriented policing
Description: All terrorist groups eventually end. But how? Most modern groups have ended because they joined the political process or local police and intelligence agencies arrested or killed key members. This has significant implications for dealing with al Qa'ida and suggests fundamentally rethinking post-9/11 U.S. counterterrorism strategy: Policing and intelligence, not military force, should form the backbone of U.S. efforts against al Qa'ida.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: How terrorist groups end; title: Policing and Japan's Aum Shinrikyo; title: Politics and the FMLN in El Salvador; title: Military force and Al Qa'ida in Iraq; title: The limits of America's Al Qa'ida strategy; title: Ending the 'war' on terrorism.