Table of Contents

Introduction - Diego Muro, 1 Terrorism works in theory, but not in practice - Max Abrahms, 2 When terrorism works: explaining success and failure across varying targets and objectives -Peter Krause, 3 Terrorist group survival as a measure of effectiveness - Brian Phillips, 4 Terrorism and state repression: strategic choice and the domestic normative context - Frank Foley, 5 The effectiveness of ethnonationalist terrorism- Kieran McConaghy, 6 Why terrorism fails. Lessons from ETA’s terrorist campaign -Diego Muro, 7 The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara - Christian Leuprecht & Matthew Porges, 8 Violence as a path to power in Latin America (1956–1996). The cases of Uruguay and El Salvador - Eduardo Rey Tristán & Alberto Martín Álvarez, Conclusion - Diego Muro

About the Author

Dr Diego Muro is Lecturer in International Relations at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB).