Global Alert

Boaz Ganor

Boaz Ganor

Global Alert

The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World

In: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Columbia University Press | 2015

https://doi.org/10.7312/gano17212

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Describes the motivations that lead to modern Islamist terrorism and the different stages in the execution of a terrorist attack.

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Boaz Ganor is the founder and executive director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), the Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism, and the dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. He has served as an advisor and/or a consultant to the Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau, the Israeli National Security Council, and the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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Randolph Lake:
Global Alert is a must read for national security professionals, political leaders, academics, and any citizens who simply want to better understand the rationale and threat of modern Islamist terrorism.

I highly recommend that anyone interested in the subject of combating the plague of terrorism today read Ganor's short but punchy book.

An important addition to the literature on global Islamic terrorism...It is a very well-referenced and argued book...It should be a required reading for all university courses on global Islamic terrorism.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
Acknowledgments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	vii
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	ix
1. INTRODUCTION TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL WARFARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
2. THE CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS FACED BY LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES COPING WITH MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	21
3. THE PROPORTIONALITY DILEMMA IN COUNTERING TERRORISM Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	37
4. STATE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	64
5. THE HYBRID TERRORIST ORGANIZATION Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	73
6. IS LIBERAL DEMOCRACY THE SOLUTION TO TERRORISM—OR IS IT PART OF THE PROBLEM? Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	84
7. THE RATIONALE OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	97
8. THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION’S RATIONALE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	119
9. UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONALE BEHIND DIFFERENT TYPES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	133
10. THE RATIONALE OF THE MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	150
11. CONCLUSION Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	172
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	181
Selected Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	205
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	211

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The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World

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