1. Introduction
2. A Theory of Organizational Resilience
3. Hypotheses on Leadership Decapitation
4. Is Leadership Decapitation Effective?
5. Hamas: Bureaucracy, Social Services, and Local Support
6. The Shining Path: The Organization and Support of a Left-Wing
Group
7. Al-Qaeda: Religious Ideology and Organizational Resilience
8. Conclusion
Jenna Jordan is Associate Professor of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.
"Jenna Jordan's outstanding analysis bucks the prevailing view that
we can kill our way to the end of Islamist terrorism. She
skillfully demonstrates how targeting hundreds of terrorist leaders
can be a short-term tactic with deep strategic drawbacks. Ever
wondered why, decades later, the United States is still fighting an
interminable 'global war on terrorism'? Read this excellent
book."—Audrey Kurth Cronin, American University
"Jenna Jordan has written a superb book about the consequences of
decapitating the leadership of terrorist organizations. She
provides a neat theory and an abundance of evidence, which together
make a compelling case that successful decapitation rarely harms
the organization itself, and that includes the two groups the
United States cares the most about: al-Qaeda and ISIS."—John J.
Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of
Political Science, University of Chicago
"This timely book lends convincing and important evidence to the
leadership decapitation debate. Jenna Jordan exposes the need for a
comprehensive strategy if we are to successfully defeat terrorist
organizations."—Ali Soufan, Chief Executive Officer of The Soufan
Group, Founder of The Soufan Center, and former FBI supervisory
special agent
"Jordon's study will be important for those studying or involved in
making political policy. Highly recommended."—D. McIntosh,
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"Jordan's book is a major contribution to the literature, and she
should be recognized for her valuable research and commitment to
bringing empirical evidence to bear on such a hotly contested
issue. She deftly illustrates that removing high-value targets is
not a panacea and, as the central focus of her book, examines when
decapitation works, when it does not, and what accounts for
variation across cases."—Colin Clarke, War on the Rocks
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