Understanding Terrorist FinanceWittig presents the first unified coherent framework for the systematic analysis of terrorist finance. With empirical examples from around the globe, he dispels several popular myths about these activities to make an important step forward in our understanding of not only terrorist finance, but also the place of terrorism in the contemporary world. |
Contents
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Myth and Reality | 43 |
3 Asking the Right Questions about Terrorist Finance | 97 |
4 Understanding Terrorist Finance as Interaction with Value Chains | 112 |
5 Understanding Terrorist Finance as a Continuum of Material Support | 141 |
6 Terrorist Finance and International Relations | 159 |
Conclusion | 188 |
Notes | 192 |
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