Countering terrorism - Crenshaw, Martha; Lafree, Gray (Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press, 2017)
1. Introduction: The context for analyzing counterterrorism difficulties : current threats and the state of academic research -- 2. Overresponding to rare events : the problem of uncommon threats with irreversible consequences -- 3. The tip of the iceberg : accounting for failed and foiled terrorist plots -- 4. Pinning down an elusive adversary : what is a terrorist organization? -- 5. Who did it? The attribution dilemma -- 6. Counterterrorism results : can effectiveness be evaluated? -- 7. Moving forward.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Terrorism -- Prevention