IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Red Army Faction, Uss Cole Bombing, Red Brigades
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Carried out by an organization that is not a state. Hoffman: the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in pursuit of political change . Targets tend to be non-combatants: nature of target - civilians. Different kinds of actors can use that tactic/strategy. More important to de ne the tactic of terrorism rather than the actors. Hard to say if they are just terrorists or just insurgents. R = b * p(b) - c * p(c) Primarily looking at expected costs and probability of enduring costs. Pape says its not always about killing the most amount of people. They want more people watching than necessarily killed. E. g. hijackings, kidnapping, blowing up without lots hurt (maybe announce it rst) They try to prove a point or get recognition. Balance between getting support and maximizing pain. Ramping up more destruction versus alienating people who are opposed to violence. Generative most coercive leverage because it is:
