dc.contributor.advisor | Quackenbush, Stephen L. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Lisa J., 1985- | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | North America | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 Spring | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on June 4, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Dr. Stephen Quackenbush. | eng |
dc.description | M.A. University of Missouri--Columbia 2010. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | During the Cold War, a large body of literature was compiled by scholars studying international conflict - that of deterrence. Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, however, a new body of literature has begun to grow - that of terrorism. Interestingly enough, these two literatures have only rarely been considered together. This paper seeks to do so. By utilizing perfect deterrence theory, a theory of general deterrence, I seek to explain why some terrorist networks are more deterrable than others. Specifically, I investigate a case involving the United States and Al Qaeda in an attempt to establish that terrorist networks of true believers are far more difficult to deter than other terrorist groups, because true believers' desire for conflict always outweighs their desire to maintain the status quo. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | vi, 53 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b77768012 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 646865944 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8090 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/8090 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Theses. 2010 Theses | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Qaida (Organization) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Deterrence (Strategy) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Terrorism -- Prevention | eng |
dc.title | Deterring true believers : perffect [sic] deterrence theory, capability and the problem of Al Qaeda | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Political science (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | eng |