The terrorist's dilemma managing violent covert organizations
How 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 Dilemmais the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups a...
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| Abstract | How 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 Dilemmais 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 1880s. 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 Dilemmademonstrates the management constraints inherent to terrorist groups and sheds light on specific organizational details that can be exploited to more efficiently combat terrorist activity. |
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| AbstractList | How 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 Dilemmais 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 1880s. 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 Dilemmademonstrates the management constraints inherent to terrorist groups and sheds light on specific organizational details that can be exploited to more efficiently combat terrorist activity. A comprehensive look at how terrorist groups organize themselves How 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 1880s. 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. How 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 1880s. 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. No detailed description available for "The Terrorist's Dilemma". |
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| Keywords | Hamas Military operation Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Intelligence agency Covert operation Counter-terrorism Combatant Radicalization FARC Front de libération du Québec Politician Political science Defection Official Irish Republican Army Ideology Interrogation Ceasefire Economics Activism Literature Principal–agent problem Memoir Trade-off Insurgency Inference Suicide attack Vulnerability Case study Requirement Jihadism Disadvantage Mia Bloom Zionism Guerrilla warfare Moral hazard World War II Salary Uncertainty Islamism Afghanistan Assassination The Troubles War Bolsheviks Al-Qaeda African National Congress Red Army Faction Polish Underground State Employment Ulster Defence Association Eli Berman Informant Narodnaya Volya Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorism Islamic terrorism Fatah Paramilitary Probability Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gerry Adams Real Irish Republican Army Irgun Blackmail Palestine Liberation Organization Central Committee Politics Provisional Irish Republican Army MPLA Operations security |
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| Subtitle | managing violent covert organizations |
| TableOfContents | The terrorist's dilemma: managing violent covert organizations -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Terrorist’s Dilemma -- Chapter 3: The Insider’s View on Terrorist Organizations -- Chapter 4: Organizing Al-Qa’ida in Iraq’s Operations and Finances -- Chapter 5: The Tradeoffs -- Chapter 6: Uncertainty and Control in Russia -- Chapter 7: Discrimination and Control in Ireland -- Chapter 8: Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine -- Chapter 9: Conclusion and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies -- Appendix B: Methodological Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: Introduction CHAPTER 2: The Terrorist’s Dilemma CHAPTER 3: The Insider’s View on Terrorist Organizations CHAPTER 4: Organizing Al-Qa’ida in Iraq’s Operations and Finances CHAPTER 5: The Tradeoffs CHAPTER 6: Uncertainty and Control in Russia CHAPTER 7: Discrimination and Control in Ireland CHAPTER 8: Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine CHAPTER 9: Conclusion and Recommendations APPENDIX A APPENDIX B Bibliography Index 9.2 Exploiting Organizational Vulnerabilities -- 9.3 Conclusion -- Appendix A Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Terrorist Autobiographies -- Appendix B Methodological Appendix -- B.1 Case Selection -- B.2 Sources -- Bibliography -- Index Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Challenge of Organizing Terror -- 1.2 The Terrorist's Dilemma -- 1.3 Why Understanding Hierarchy and Control Matters -- 1.4 What About 9/11? -- 1.5 Are Terrorist Organizations Really So Familiar? -- 1.6 Can We Treat Terrorist Organizations as Rational? -- 1.7 Plan of the Book -- 2 The Terrorist's Dilemma -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Why Preference Divergence? -- 2.3 How Groups Respond to Preference Divergence -- 2.4 The Difficult Challenge of Balancing Security with Efficiency and Control -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 The Insider's View on Terrorist Organizations -- 3.1 Organizing Terror -- 3.2 Data -- 3.3 Quantitative Analysis -- 3.4 Content Analysis: Some Good Stories -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Organizing Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Operations and Finances -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A Brief History of al-Qa'ida in Iraq -- 4.3 Managing AQI -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 The Tradeoffs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Managing Terrorist Funds: The Security-Efficiency Tradeoff -- 5.3 Managing Terrorist Violence: The Security-Control Tradeoff -- 5.4 Discussion -- 6 Uncertainty and Control in Russia -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A Brief History of Pre-Revolutionary Russian Terrorism -- 6.3 A History of Pre-Revolutionary Terrorism -- 6.4 Uncertainty and Patterns of Control -- 6.5 Other Aspects of Russian Terrorism -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Discrimination and Control in Ireland -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Discrimination and Patterns of Violence -- 7.3 Measuring Control -- 7.4 The Provisional IRA -- 7.5 The Loyalist Paramilitaries -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 8 Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Fatah: The Challenges of Integration -- 8.3 Hamas -- 8.4 Control in Fatah and Hamas -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 9 Conclusion and Recommendations -- 9.1 Summary of the Argument Chapter 8. Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine Chapter 4. Organizing Al-Qa’ida in Iraq’s Operations and Finances Chapter 2. The Terrorist’s Dilemma Chapter 5. The Tradeoffs Index Chapter 3. The Insider’s View on Terrorist Organizations Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies - Chapter 7. Discrimination and Control in Ireland / Contents Chapter 9. Conclusion and Recommendations Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Frontmatter -- Chapter 6. Uncertainty and Control in Russia Appendix B. Methodological Appendix Bibliography |
| Title | The terrorist's dilemma |
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