Global alert : the rationality of modern Islamist terrorism and the challenge to the liberal democratic world / Boaz Ganor.

This title describes the motivations leading to modern Islamist terrorism and the different stages in the execution of a terrorist attack. Challenging the certainty that liberal democratic values offer an antidote to radicalism, the book exposes the exploitation of democratic institutions by terrori...

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Main Author: Ganor, Boaz (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
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505 0 |a Introduction to Multidimensional Warfare: Defining Terrorism, Redefining War -- The Challenges and Dilemmas Faced by Democracies Coping with Modern Islamist Terrorism -- The Proportionality Dilemma in Countering Terrorism -- State Involvement in Terrorism -- The Hybrid Terrorist Organization -- Is Liberal Democracy the Solution to Terrorism-or Is It Part of the Problem? -- The Rationale of Modern Islamist Terrorism -- The Practical Aspects of an Islamist Terrorist Organization's Rationale -- Understanding the Rationale Behind Different Types of Terrorist Attack -- The Rationale of the Modern Islamist Terrorist Organization: Hamas as a Case Study -- Conclusion. 
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