Rules for Rebels

This volume challenges some of our most basic understandings of terrorism - in terms of its consequences, its causes, and the most effective government response - and shows how these three areas are closely interrelated.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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  1. Obama's Unending Wars Shares military policy, political leadership
  2. America confronts terrorism Shares terrorism, military policy
  3. Blair's successful war Shares command of troops, military policy
  4. No band of brothers Shares command of troops, military policy

“If you want more of the same (psychology about terrorism), start with these.”

  1. Helping children cope with disasters and terrorism
  2. Talking to terrorists
  3. Weaponized Words
  4. Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind

“If it was the military policy that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. War by land, sea, and air
  2. War over Kosovo
  3. Emotional Governance
  4. Raúl Castro and Cuba

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Pattern of the Chinese Past
  2. Democratic development & political terrorism
  3. What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism
  4. What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat