Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats
Joseph M. Brown, "Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats "
English | ISBN: 0231193688 | 2020 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0231193688 | 2020 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Terrorist groups attain notoriety through acts of violence, but threats of future violence are just as important in attaining their political goals. Force of Words is a groundbreaking examination of the role of threats in terrorist strategies. Joseph M. Brown shows how terrorists use threats, true and false, to achieve key outcomes such as social control, economic attrition, and policy concessions. Brown demonstrates that threats are integral to terrorism on a tactical level as well, distracting security forces, drawing police into traps, and warning civilians out of harm’s way when terrorists seek to limit casualties.
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