How Terrorists Learn : Organizational Learning and Beyond (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Tackling the Complexity of Terrorist Learning??Part I: Learning of Organizations??2. Double-loop Learning in Terrorist Organizations: Facilitators and Impediments? 3. Downgrading or Upsizing Strategies: How Rebels Learn about the Right Repertoire of Violence? 4. Social-Media Jihad as a Learned Strategy: How Daesh Learned but Failed to Exploit Western Vulnerabilities? 5. Learning Patterns and Failures: An Analysis of ISIS Operations between 2013 and 2019??Part II: Learning beyond Organizations??6. Adaptation of Propaganda and Communication: The Online Magazines of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State Compared? 7. Terrorist Tactical Diffusion Among Lone Actors: Explaining the Spread of Vehicle Ramming Attacks? 8. Learning through the Migration of Knowledge: Exploring the Transition of Operatives between Violence Organisations? 9. Decentralized Collective Learning: Militant Accelerationism as a Community of Practice? 10. Conclusion: What Have We Learned about Terrorist Learning?