Two international policy analysts scrutinize the increasingly important operative and support roles women play in various terrorist organizations around the world.
R. Kim Cragin is an international policy analyst at RAND Corporation. Sara A. Daly is an international policy analyst at RAND Corporation.
Those looking for a basic primer on the subject will find the book
an interesting and informative read.
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Cragin and Daly, international policy analysts at RAND Corporation,
examine women's roles as operatives, logisticians, couriers,
strategic thinkers, recruiters, and symbols in diverse political,
religious, and ethno-separatist terrorist organizations around the
world, in countries including Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Sri Lanka,
Colombia, South Africa, and Northern Ireland. They explore why
women become involved in terrorist groups, how terrorist leaders
turn the societal attributes of women to advantage in designing
terrorist campaigns, and how women fight for the right to assume
strategic and combat roles within terrorist groups. The book
concludes with a review and projection of trends, paying particular
attention to al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups.
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