The Growing Utility of Political Terrorism.

Abstract

This paper addresses the growing utility of terrorism in effecting political change. The rationality and morality of terrorist movements are discussed with an explanation of current world conditions and technological advances which make terrorism an attractive alternate to formal warfare. Terms of reference are defined and a likely scenario for the use of the terrorism during the 1977-1990 frame is postulated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 1977
Accession Number
ADA037647

Entities

People

  • Murl D. Munger

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Violence
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.