Terrorism in the 1980s,
Abstract
Events of the last few years have demonstrated repeatedly that by using terrorist tactics, political extremists with a limited capacity for violence can attract worldwide attention to themselves and their causes. They can arouse worldwide alarm and create international incidents that national governments are compelled to deal with. To protect against terrorist attacks or to respond to terrorist-caused crisis situations, governments and corporations must expend resources out of all proportion to the actual threat posed. In this paper I would like to review the broad trends in terrorism during the last ten years and try to identify some of the developments we may look for in the 1980s, especially what we have experienced here in the United States and what America may expect in the coming decade.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA103317
Entities
People
- Brian Michael Jenkins
Organizations
- RAND Corporation