Deterring terrorism : theory and practice / edited by Andreas Wenger and Alex Wilner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Linking deterrence to terrorism : promises and pitfalls / Alex Wilner and Andreas Wenger -- Terrorism and the fourth wave in deterrence research / Jeffrey Knopf -- Deterring terrorism, not terrorists / Janice Gross Stein -- Toward an analytic basis for influence strategy in counterterrorism / Paul Davis -- Counter-coercion, the power of failure, and the practical limits of coercing terrorists / Frank Harvey and Alex Wilner -- The terrorist perception of nuclear weapons and its implications for deterrence / Brian Michael Jenkins -- Will threats deter nuclear terrorism? / Martha Crenshaw -- Strategic analysis, WMD terrorism, and deterrence by denial / James Smith -- Preventing radiological terrorism : is there a role for deterrence? / Wyn Bowen and Jasper Pandza -- Deterrence of Palestinian terrorism : the Israeli experience / Shmuel Bar -- Turkish and Iranian efforts to deter Kurdish insurgent attacks / David Romano -- Mission impossible? : influencing Iranian and Libyan sponsorship of terrorism / Michael Cohen -- A toxic cloud of mystery : lessons from Iraq for deterring CBRN terrorism / Fred Wehling.

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During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, however, popular wisdom dictated that terrorist organizations and radical fanatics could not be deterred-and governments shifted their attention to combating terrorism rather than deterring it. This book challenges that prevailing assumption and offers insight as to when and where terrorism can be deterred. It first identifies how and where theories of deterrence apply to counterterrorism, highlighting how traditional and less-traditional notions of deterrence can be applied.

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