Albinus T Clark
American Military University
Professor Sean Grier
CMRJ295 Annotated Bibliography
Jan 1, 2015
Abadie, A. (2004). Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism. Cambridge, Mass.: John E Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. NBER Working Papers Series, 10859.
In this article, the author (Abadie) takes a different approach to country terrorism from that considered by most scholars that always focus their research on transnational terrorism. On his part, Abadie provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of terrorism at the country level by using a new measure of terrorism that covers both domestic and transnational terrorism. The author borrows heavily from prior studies on the …show more content…
That is evidence of the various successful terror attacks such as the October 1983 suicide attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and the September 11, 2001 attack on World Trade Center that resulted in the US withdrawing its soldiers from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia respectively. That way, the article proves that indeed terrorism delivers the desired purposes, which in most cases is forcing the ‘enemy’ or the target governments to heed to terror groups’ …show more content…
That is because the author goes deeper into the reason behind the destructive nature of the Hamas, Taliban, Hezbollah and other radical religious rebels. The articles focus on the role voluntary religious organizations plays in the efficient providence of local public goods at the time there is none from the government provision thus finding a connection between such help by terrorist and insurgent groups and their probability of becoming
American Military University
Professor Sean Grier
CMRJ295 Annotated Bibliography
Jan 1, 2015
Abadie, A. (2004). Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism. Cambridge, Mass.: John E Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. NBER Working Papers Series, 10859.
In this article, the author (Abadie) takes a different approach to country terrorism from that considered by most scholars that always focus their research on transnational terrorism. On his part, Abadie provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of terrorism at the country level by using a new measure of terrorism that covers both domestic and transnational terrorism. The author borrows heavily from prior studies on the …show more content…
That is evidence of the various successful terror attacks such as the October 1983 suicide attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and the September 11, 2001 attack on World Trade Center that resulted in the US withdrawing its soldiers from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia respectively. That way, the article proves that indeed terrorism delivers the desired purposes, which in most cases is forcing the ‘enemy’ or the target governments to heed to terror groups’ …show more content…
That is because the author goes deeper into the reason behind the destructive nature of the Hamas, Taliban, Hezbollah and other radical religious rebels. The articles focus on the role voluntary religious organizations plays in the efficient providence of local public goods at the time there is none from the government provision thus finding a connection between such help by terrorist and insurgent groups and their probability of becoming