@article{ref1,
title="Tactical and Strategic Terrorism",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2004",
author="Picco, Giandomenico",
volume="9",
number="1-2",
pages="71-78",
abstract="Terrorism may well be one word, but its forms are multiple and accordingly the ways to combat it differ. In recent history, we have been exposed to &quot;tactical terrorism,&quot; whose political objectives were well known and unchangeable and were pursued by groups with a place and a stake in their own countries. By contrast, Al Qaeda has introduced strategic terrorism, perpetual confrontation with the enemy being anyone who is &quot;different.&quot; Furthermore, the political objectives change frequently, since they are not what matters; for strategic terrorism, the perpetual confrontation is more important than any political objective per se.<p />",
language="",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1300/J146v09n01_07",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v09n01_07"
}