Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians (CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM)

by Victor Asal, Brian J. Phillips, and R. Karl Rethemeyer

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Insurgent groups consist of individuals willing to organize and commit acts of terror to achieve their goals. By nature, they depend on public support, yet they sometimes target private civilians in addition to military personnel and government officials. This book examines insurgent embeddedness-the extent to which an insurgent group is enmeshed in relationships with the state, other insurgents, and the public-in order to understand why they attack civilians.

Using Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) as the dataset, this book drills into civilian attacks in specific contexts, including schools, news media, and nonmilitary/nongovernment spaces designed for the general public....Read more
  • ISBN10 0197607012
  • ISBN13 9780197607015
  • Publish Date 4 April 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English