What Makes Terrorists Tick
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Max Abrahms’s article “What Terrorists Really Want: Terrorist Motives and
Counterterrorism Strategy” is a welcome critique of the many points taken for granted
by rational choice interpretations of terrorist group behavior.1 His systematic review of
the observable implications of rational choice perspectives on terrorism reveals some
of the important shortfalls in the current literature. Abrahms overreaches, however, in
rejecting strategic models of terrorism without providing ample empirical evidence or
qualifications to his claims.
Date issued
2009-01Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political ScienceJournal
International Security
Publisher
MIT Press
Citation
Chenoweth, Erica, et al. "Correspondence: What Makes Terrorists Tick” International Security, Vol.33, No.4 (Spring 2009) pp.180-202.
Version: Final published version
ISSN
0162-2889