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Scripts of Terror - The Stories Terrorists Tell Themselves (Hardcover)
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Scripts of Terror - The Stories Terrorists Tell Themselves (Hardcover)
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This book explores terrorism as a strategic choic-- one made
carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis
of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts
a series of different strategic 'scripts' at play in terrorist
behaviour, from survival, to efforts in mobilising a supporter
base, through to the grinding attrition of a long terrorist
campaign. The theme that runs through all these organisations is
the unbridgeable gap between their strategic vision,and what
actually unfolds. Regardless of which script terrorists follow,
they often fall short of achieving their political ambitions. And
yet, despite its frequent failure, the terrorist strategy is
returned to time and again--people continue to join such groups,
and to commit violence. Scripts of Terror explores the reasons
behind this. It asks why, if terrorism is so rarely successful and
so hard to pull off, its approach remains an appealing one. And it
examines how terrorists formulate their strategies, and how they
envisage achieving their ambitions through violence. Most
importantly, it explores why they so often fail.
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