Managing Terrorism and Insurgency: Regeneration, Recruitment and Attrition

by Crouch; Cameron I.

• ISBN13: 9780415484411
• ISBN10: 0415484413
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135230173
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This book examines how governments can weaken the regenerative capabilities of terrorist and insurgent groups.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Insurgent actors	p. 2
Engendering regenerative decay	p. 6
Objective of this book	p. 9
Approach and case selection	p. 10
Layout of the book	p. 12
Concepts, relationships and measurement	p. 14
Recruitment, attrition, and regenerative decay	p. 14
A decrease in recruitment	p. 15
An increase in attrition	p. 24
Front de libération du Québec	p. 29
The rise of Quebec nationalism	p. 29
The FLQ	p. 33
The Canadian Government and its security forces	p. 40
The FLQ's regenerative experience	p. 40
Analysis	p. 45
Conclusion	p. 52
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros	p. 54
Cuba and Crisis: the foundations of an insurgency	p. 54
The MLN-T	p. 58
The Uruguayan Government and its security forces	p. 65
The MLN-T's regenerative experience	p. 67
Analysis	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 82
Provisional Irish Republican Army	p. 84
The roots of the Northern Irish conflict	p. 84
The PIRA	p. 88
The British and Northern Ireland Governments and their security forces	p. 96
The PIRA's regenerative experience	p. 98
Analysis	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 118
Conclusion	p. 120
An increase in attrition versus a decrease in recruitment	p. 120
The dynamics of insurgent recruitment and attrition	p. 124
Recommendations for liberal democracies	p. 129
Notes	p. 133
References	p. 168
Index	p. 189
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