Why Terrorists Overestimate the Odds of Victory

Why Terrorists Overestimate the Odds of Victory

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Terrorism is puzzling behavior for HERBATINT 5R political scientists.On one hand, terrorist attacks generally hail from the politically aggrieved.On the other hand, a growing body of scholarship finds the tactic politically counterproductive.Unlike guerrilla attacks on military targets, terrorist attacks on civilian targets lower Minerals the odds of governments making  concessions.This article proposes and tests a psychological theory to account for why militant groups engage in terrorism, given the political costs of attacking civilians.