Leadership decapitation : strategic targeting of terrorist organizations /
Jenna Jordan.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (ix, 259 pages).
- Studies in violence and terrorism .
Includes bibliographies and index.
A theory of organizational resilience -- Hypotheses on leadership decapitation -- Is leadership targeting effective? -- Hamas : bureaucracy, social services, and local support -- The Shining Path : the organization and support of a left-wing group -- Al-Qaeda : religious ideology and organizational resilience.