Understanding terrorist innovation : technology, tactics and global trends by Dolnik, Adam instant download

Understanding terrorist innovation : technology, tactics and global trends by Dolnik, Adam instant download

xi, 204 pages ; 24 cm, \"This book proposes an empirical theory of innovation in terrorist tactics and technologies. It examines global historical trends in terrorist innovation, as well as the critical factors responsible for the differences in modus operandi among various terrorist organizations. The book provides a useful tool for assessing the future trajectories of terrorist violence by identifying signature characteristics of highly innovative terrorist groups, and thus has considerable policy relevance.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-199) and index, Terrorism and innovation -- Terrorist tactics and technologies -- Aum Shinrikyo -- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, general command -- Riyadus-Salikhin suicide battalion -- Revolutionary Organization November 17 -- Understanding terrorist innovation -- Conclusions and implications for the future