Understanding terrorism innovation and learning : Al-Qaeda and beyond / edited by Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Description
xi, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark
  • The theoretical underpinnings of terrorist innovation decisions / Gary Ackerman
  • Innovation and the improvised explosive device / John Allison
  • The dynamics of terrorist innovation / Adam Dolnik
  • Attacking the West : the influence of al-Qaeda's ideology and propaganda / Søren Hove
  • Jihadist innovation and learning by adapting to the "new"and "social media" / Zeitgeist, Nico Prucha
  • Learning terror : the evolving threat of overseas training to the West / Paul Cruickshank
  • Innovation in terrorists counter-surveillance : the case of al-qaeda and its affiliates / Joshua Sinai
  • Case studies
  • Innovation and learning in the British jihad / Rafaello Pantucci
  • Terrorists lack imagination when choosing targets in Denmark / Morten Skjoldager
  • "Please inform Europe" : al-Qaeda's Europlot of 2009/10 in the light of new documents and testimonies / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg
  • Changing patterns in terror plots directed against Germany emanating from militant Uzbek networks in Waziristan / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg
  • Conclusions, magnus ranstorp and magnus normark.
ISBN
  • 9781138847439 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1138847437 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014043879
OCLC
913453070
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