Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 2 : Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups

by Jackson, Brian A.; Baker, John C.; Cragin, Kim; Parachini, John V.; Trujillo, Horacio R.; Chalk, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780833037671
• ISBN10: 0833037676
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-30
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Case studies of the organizational learning avtivities of five major terrorist groups and a methodology for ascertaining what and why they learned.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures and Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xiii
Introduction	1	(10)
Brian A. Jackson
The Need to Both Describe and Explain Learning	2	(1)
About This Study	3	(2)
About This Report	5	(1)
References	6	(3)
Part I: Case Studies
Prologue	9	(2)
Aum Shinrikyo	11	(26)
John Parachini
Introduction	11	(1)
Background	12	(6)
Operations and Tactics	18	(7)
Training	25	(2)
Logistics	27	(4)
Intelligence and Operational Security	31	(1)
Conclusions	32	(2)
References	34	(3)
Hizballah, the Party of God	37	(20)
Kim Cragin
Introduction	37	(1)
Background	37	(3)
Operations and Tactics	40	(7)
Training	47	(1)
Logistics	48	(3)
Intelligence and Operational Security	51	(2)
Conclusions	53	(1)
References	54	(3)
Jemaah Islamiyah	57	(36)
John C. Baker
Introduction	57	(2)
Background	59	(7)
Operations and Tactics	66	(10)
Training	76	(3)
Logistics	79	(1)
Intelligence and Operational Security	80	(4)
Conclusions	84	(5)
References	89	(4)
Provisional Irish Republican Army	93	(48)
Brian A. Jackson
Introduction	93	(1)
Background	94	(3)
Operations and Tactics	97	(22)
Training	119	(6)
Logistics	125	(1)
Intelligence and Operational Security	126	(7)
Conclusions	133	(5)
References	138	(3)
The Radical Environmentalist Movement	141	(40)
Horacio R. Trujillo
Introduction	141	(1)
Background	142	(10)
Operations and Tactics	152	(9)
Training	161	(2)
Intelligence and Operational Security	163	(1)
Conclusions	164	(8)
References	172	(7)
Part II: Theory and Application
Prologue	179	(2)
Theory: Organizational Learning as a Four-Component Process	181	(10)
Horacio R. Trujillo
Brian A. Jackson
Acquisition	183	(2)
Interpretation	185	(1)
Distribution	186	(1)
Storage	187	(1)
References	187	(4)
Application: The Four Components of Organizational Learning in the Case Study Groups	191	(8)
Brian A. Jackson
Acquisition	191	(4)
Interpretation	195	(1)
Distribution	196	(2)
Storage	198	(1)
Concluding Observations	199
Brian A. Jackson