Psychology of Terrorism
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2006-09-07
List price: $78.00
ISBN-10: 0195172493
ISBN-13: 9780195172492
During the past decade, we have witnessed a dramatic transformation in the nature and uses of terrorism. In the 70s, it was often repeated that terrorists "want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead"; today, it is more accurate to say that terrorists want a lot of people dead, and even more people crippled by fear and grief. A major strategic intent of modern terrorists is to use larger scale physical attacks to cause stress in the general population. These changes in terrorist strategy have made it clear that we need better psychological and social responses to terrorism and ma...