7. THE RATIONALE OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. 1. INTRODUCTION TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL WARFARE 1
6. 2. THE CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS FACED BY LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES COPING WITH MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM 21
7. 3. THE PROPORTIONALITY DILEMMA IN COUNTERING TERRORISM 37
8. 4. STATE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM 64
9. 5. THE HYBRID TERRORIST ORGANIZATION 73
10. 6. IS LIBERAL DEMOCRACY THE SOLUTION TO TERRORISM—OR IS IT PART OF THE PROBLEM? 84
11. 7. THE RATIONALE OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM 97
12. 8. THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION’S RATIONALE 119
13. 9. UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONALE BEHIND DIFFERENT TYPES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 133
14. 10. THE RATIONALE OF THE MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: 150
15. 11. CONCLUSION 172
16. Notes 181
17. Selected Bibliography 205
18. Index 211