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200 14$aThe terrorist's dilemma $emanaging violent covert organizations /$fJacob N. Shapiro
205   $aCourse Book
210   $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (350 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-691-15721-9 
311   $a1-299-72559-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. The Terrorist's Dilemma --$tChapter 3. The Insider's View on Terrorist Organizations --$tChapter 4. Organizing Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Operations and Finances --$tChapter 5. The Tradeoffs --$tChapter 6. Uncertainty and Control in Russia --$tChapter 7. Discrimination and Control in Ireland --$tChapter 8. Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine --$tChapter 9. Conclusion and Recommendations --$tAppendix A. Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies --$tAppendix B. Methodological Appendix --$tBibliography --$tIndex
330   $aHow do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are structured. Employing a broad range of agency theory, historical case studies, and terrorists' own internal documents, Jacob Shapiro provocatively discusses the core managerial challenges that terrorists face and illustrates how their political goals interact with the operational environment to push them to organize in particular ways. Shapiro provides a historically informed explanation for why some groups have little hierarchy, while others resemble miniature firms, complete with line charts and written disciplinary codes. Looking at groups in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, he highlights how consistent and widespread the terrorist's dilemma--balancing the desire to maintain control with the need for secrecy--has been since the 1880's. Through an analysis of more than a hundred terrorist autobiographies he shows how prevalent bureaucracy has been, and he utilizes a cache of internal documents from al-Qa'ida in Iraq to outline why this deadly group used so much paperwork to handle its people. Tracing the strategic interaction between terrorist leaders and their operatives, Shapiro closes with a series of comparative case studies, indicating that the differences in how groups in the same conflict approach their dilemmas are consistent with an agency theory perspective. The Terrorist's Dilemma demonstrates the management constraints inherent to terrorist groups and sheds light on specific organizational details that can be exploited to more efficiently combat terrorist activity.
606   $aTerrorism
606   $aViolent crimes$vCross-cultural studies
606   $aOrganized crime$xHistory
606   $aOrganizational behavior
610   $aFatah.
610   $aHamas.
610   $aIslamist groups.
610   $aIslamist terrorism.
610   $aMiddle East.
610   $aNorthern Ireland.
610   $aPalestinian terrorist groups.
610   $aProvisional IRA.
610   $aRussian terrorist groups.
610   $aTsarist secret police.
610   $aUlster Defense Association.
610   $aUlster Volunteer Force.
610   $aagency problems.
610   $aagency theory.
610   $aal-Qa'ida in Iraq.
610   $aal-Qa'ida.
610   $abureaucracy.
610   $acontrol.
610   $acounterterror policies.
610   $acounterterrorism policies.
610   $adiscrimination.
610   $agroup-specific vulnerabilities.
610   $ahierarchy.
610   $ainternal dynamics.
610   $ainternal politics.
610   $amanagerial challenges.
610   $amanagerial problems.
610   $anegotiated settlement.
610   $aoperational management.
610   $aorganizational analysis.
610   $aorganizational challenges.
610   $aorganizational dynamics.
610   $aorganizational resources.
610   $apolitical goals.
610   $apreference divergence.
610   $asecrecy.
610   $asecular nationalist groups.
610   $asecurity reducing.
610   $asecurity risks.
610   $asecurity-control tradeoff.
610   $astrategic interactions.
610   $aterrorism.
610   $aterrorist activity.
610   $aterrorist group structure.
610   $aterrorist groups.
610   $aterrorist leaders.
610   $aterrorist operatives.
610   $aterrorist organizations.
610   $aterrorists.
610   $auncertainty.
610   $aviolence.
615  0$aTerrorism.
615  0$aViolent crimes
615  0$aOrganized crime$xHistory.
615  0$aOrganizational behavior.
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