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Understanding terrorism innovation and learning [electronic resource] : al-Qaeda and beyond / edited by Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.

Contributor(s): Normark, Magnus | Ranstorp, Magnus.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Political violence. Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xi, 291 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9781315726816 (ebook : PDF).Subject(s): Technology | Terrorism and mass media | Terrorism -- Case studies | Terrorism | WeaponsOnline resources: Click here to view
Contents:
Introduction / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark -- The theoretical underpinnings of terrorist innovation decisions / Gary Ackerman -- Innovation and the improvised explosive device / John Allison -- The dynamics of terrorist innovation / Adam Dolnik -- Attacking the West : the influence of al-Qaeda's ideology and propaganda / Sren Hove -- Jihadist innovation and learning by adapting to the "new" and "social media" Zeitgeist / Nico Prucha -- Learning terror : the evolving threat of overseas training to the West / Paul Cruickshank -- Innovation in terrorists' counter-surveillance : the case of al-Qaeda and its affiliates / Joshua Sinai -- Case studies -- Innovation and learning in the British jihad / Rafaello Pantucci -- Terrorists lack imagination when choosing targets in Denmark / Morten Skjoldager -- "Please inform Europe" : al-Qaeda's Europlot of 2009/2010 in the light of new documents and testimonies / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Changing patterns in terror plots directed against Germany emanating from militant Uzbek networks in Waziristan / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Conclusions / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark -- The theoretical underpinnings of terrorist innovation decisions / Gary Ackerman -- Innovation and the improvised explosive device / John Allison -- The dynamics of terrorist innovation / Adam Dolnik -- Attacking the West : the influence of al-Qaeda's ideology and propaganda / Sren Hove -- Jihadist innovation and learning by adapting to the "new" and "social media" Zeitgeist / Nico Prucha -- Learning terror : the evolving threat of overseas training to the West / Paul Cruickshank -- Innovation in terrorists' counter-surveillance : the case of al-Qaeda and its affiliates / Joshua Sinai -- Case studies -- Innovation and learning in the British jihad / Rafaello Pantucci -- Terrorists lack imagination when choosing targets in Denmark / Morten Skjoldager -- "Please inform Europe" : al-Qaeda's Europlot of 2009/2010 in the light of new documents and testimonies / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Changing patterns in terror plots directed against Germany emanating from militant Uzbek networks in Waziristan / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Conclusions / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.