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Crenshaw, Martha.

Explaining terrorism : causes, processes, and consequences / Martha Crenshaw. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xii, 268 p. ; 24 cm. - Cass series on political violence .

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Definitions, Approaches, Trajectories, and Responses;
Part 1: What and Why?;
1. The Concept of Terrorism;
2. The Causes of Terrorism;
3. "Old" vs. "New" Terrorism;
Part 2: Explaining Terrorism: Organizations, Strategies, and Psychology;
4. The Organizational Approach;
5. Subjective Realities;
6. The Logic of Terrorism;
7. Psychological Constraints on Instrumental Reasoning;
Part 3: Responding to Terrorism;
8. Coercive Diplomacy;
9. Strategies and Grand Strategies;
10. Counterterrorism Policy and the Political Process;
Part 4: How Terrorism Ends;
11. How Terrorism Declines;
12. Why Terrorism is Rejected or Renounced.

ISBN: 9780415780506 (hardcover) 9780415780513 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010017264

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Terrorism.

LC Class. No.: HV6431 / .C756 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 363.325