Terrorist Decision-Making

This book analyzes a series of decisions by leaders of three major terrorist organizations and identifies a unique "Decision DNA" for each of them.

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Alex Mintz is Provost of the IDC Herzliya, Israel, and former president of the Israeli Political Science Association.

John Tyson Chatagnier is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, USA.

Yair Samban is a researcher affiliated with the Behavioral Political Science Lab at IDC Herzliya, Israel.

Inhalt

1. The Logic of Terrorist Leaders' Decisions 2. Cognitive and Rational Explanations of Terrorist Leaders' Decisions 3. Hamas' Winding Political Path with Leehe Friedman 4. Between Limited War and Strategic Buildup: An Analysis of Hassan Nasrallah's Decision Pattern with Ronny Donyetz Rosenzweig 5. Uncovering Bin Laden's Decision Rules 6. Al-Qaeda's Decisions in the European Theater 7. Conclusions and Implications for ISIS' Decisions