In this paper you will select a terrorist strategy used between the 1950s

Rather than taking a final examination for this course, you will demonstrate your grasp of the topics through a multi-stage research project. In this paper you will select a terrorist strategy used between the 1950s and present day and is a threat to the United States and its national interests. The final paper must include a brief history of the strategy as well as answer the following questions: Why is this a terrorist strategy? Which terrorists use this strategic method? Why? When is this strategic method effective? Why? What are the flaws of this strategy? Why? and What infrastructures support the use of this method as part of a terrorist strategy? How and Why? Should be 8 to 12 pages or more.

Topic:

Please indicate which strategy you will be studying for this research project. Terrorists between the 1950s - present, should use or have used this method as well as be threat to the United States and its national interests. Choose a topic based on the above information.

Examples of terrorist methods are IEDs, suicide bombings, hijackings, coordinated attacks, selective killings, kidnappings... in other wordsviolent activities that a terrorist group or/and terrorist groups undertake with the aim of spreading panic beyond the intended target with the objective of reaching a specific political goal.

Thesis statement

Your thesis statement should summarize the main arguments you will be making in your final paper. This may change as you move forward, but it will be your general road map.

• Thesis statement should be no more than100 words.

• Proper grammar and spelling are required

• All statements are to be written in Microsoft Word or RTF

• Thesis statement are due at the end of Week 4 and they are to be submitted as an attachment via the Assignments Folder ONLY.

Please write an annotated bibliography of the sources you will use to support your thesis.

Provide a list and brief description ofat least 10 sources (this is the minimum requirement to earn at least a B.) These should be specific sources, not just places where you can find sources. The goal here is to see that you have dug in a bit and actually found something that pertains to the issue you will be researching.

• Each annotation must include a full, properly formatted APA or Chicago citation and one to two complete paragraphs explaining the basic argument the work makes and the type of evidence used to prove this thesis.

  Annotated Bibliography

• Bibliographies must contain at least 10 sources (this is the minimum requirement to earn at least a B), including a variety of primary and secondary sources, including two full-length books from reputable academic presses, two primary sources, and articles from at least three scholarly, academic journals.

  Abstract

• Wikipedia,Answers.com, encyclopedias, dictionaries and non-professional web sites are not accepted sources.

• All bibliographies are to be written in Microsoft Word or RTF, double-spaced, with no more than 1.25” margins, using standard 12 point font

Compose a one page abstract (300 words) that sums up the main ideas and arguments you will make in the final paper.

• The abstract must be concise and well-structured, with sufficient detail to demonstrate that the thesis and arguments will be valid.