Fixing the Blame: International Terrorism and Attacks on Americans,

Abstract

By fixing our attention on flamboyant figures like Qaddafi and attempting to link terrorist acts to foreign governments, we try to compensate for the terrorists' inherent elusiveness and to divine a target for possible retaliation. But we run the risk of deluding ourselves, of possibly hitting the wrong target, aggravating an already tense situation and having little, if any, positive effect on terrorist attacks against Americans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176848

Entities

People

  • Bruce Hoffman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Corporations
  • Diplomats
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Middle East
  • Military Personnel
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Victims

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.