Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- About the contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A roadmap to this volume -- Notes -- 1. A theoretical introduction -- The state of the literature -- Deterrence success - elusive -- Deterrence success - marginal -- Understanding deterrence -- Cumulative deterrence as teaching moments - escaping the attrition trap -- Resolving the credibility problem and VNSAs' life cycle stages -- Methodology - studying deterrence in enduring terrorist campaigns -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. Israel-Hezbollah: from "rules of the game" to deterrence stability -- The emergence of deterrence -- "Rules of the game" as a function of deterrence -- Deterrence debut: Hezbollah introduces "Katyusha equation" -- Deterrence ebb and flow in the 1990s -- Return to rules of the game, 2000-2006 -- Postwar deterrence: from tactical to strategic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Israel-PLO: from national liberation to deterrence stability -- Summary of the main inflection points -- Longitudinal analysis of the case study -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Britain-PIRA: from national liberation to diplomacy and peace -- Introduction -- Aim -- Methodology -- The importance of Northern Ireland -- Dynamics of violence -- Loyalist counter-violence -- Endgame -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5. Russia-Chechnya: from national liberation to deterrence stability -- Terrorism and deterrence -- Background to the launch of Russia's 'counter-terrorist' operation in 1999 -- Putin: 'no retreat' in Chechnya -- Russia's response: counter-terrorism operation or military offensive? -- Key aspects of Russian 'counter-terrorism' -- Terrorist actions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.

6. Reaching a balance of resolve: the enduring conflict between Turkey and the PKK -- Introduction -- Longitudinal analysis of the conflict between Turkey and the PKK -- 1st phase: direct military confrontation (1984-94) -- 2nd phase: indirect military confrontation (1994-99) -- 3rd phase: the PKK's withdrawal from the military domain, 1999-2005 -- 4th phase: revival of conflict in 2005-12 -- 2012: PKK's 3rd military defeat in Semdinli -- 5th phase: the resolution process and the PKK's mutation in 2013-15 -- 6th phase: resurrection of the conflict from 2015 onwards -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7. Israel-Hamas: From national liberation to partial deterrence stability -- The origins and ideology of Hamas -- Summary of the extent of deterrence attained by Israel in different stages -- Longitudinal analysis of the case study -- Phase 1: the First Intifada (1987-1990) -- Phase 2: the peace process begins (1991-1993) -- Phase 3: Rabin forges ahead after Oslo (1993-1996) -- Phase 4: Netanyahu abandons the peace process (1996-1999) -- Phase 5: Ehud Barak and the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada (1999-2000) -- Phase 6: the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2005) -- Phase 7: Ehud Olmert, the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, and Operation Cast Lead (2006-2009) -- Phase 8: Netanyahu's return to power and Operations Pillar of Defense and Protective Edge (2009-present) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8. United States-Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS: the failure to defeat Jihadist terror -- Introduction -- The relevancy of deterrence to counter-terrorism -- The American case study -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Conclusion -- Summary of arguments evaluated -- Achieving strategic deterrence success: solving the credibility problem -- General lessons from the case studies -- What do our findings suggest could have been done differently?.

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This book examines the question of how to deter a non-state terrorist actor.

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