How Terrorist Groups End - RAND Corporation

Preface
By analyzing 648 groups that existed between 1968 and 2006, this
monograph examines how terrorist groups end. Its purpose is to inform
U.S. counterterrorist efforts by understanding how groups have ended
in the past and to assess implications for countering al Qa’ida. This
monograph results from the RAND Corporation’s continuing program
of self-initiated independent research. Support for such research
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