psychology http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en Are Terrorists "Abnormal?" - Reflections on the Psychopathology of Normalcy http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/are-terrorists-abnormal-reflections-psychopathology-normalcy <article data-history-node-id="120149" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/are-terrorists-abnormal-reflections-psychopathology-normalcy" rel="bookmark"><span>Are Terrorists &quot;Abnormal?&quot; - Reflections on the Psychopathology of Normalcy</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Sat, 05/04/2019 - 4:51pm</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">"Are they normal?" It's not a usual question for commanders or strategic planners. Still, to some reasonable and ascertainable extent, this complex question could be applied to virtually any adversary in war, or at least to certain identifiable cadres of a pertinent enemy leadership.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/are-terrorists-abnormal-reflections-psychopathology-normalcy" rel="tag" title="Are Terrorists &quot;Abnormal?&quot; - Reflections on the Psychopathology of Normalcy" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Are Terrorists &quot;Abnormal?&quot; - Reflections on the Psychopathology of Normalcy</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Sat, 04 May 2019 20:51:03 +0000 SWJED 120149 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Psychology of Participation in Insurgency http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/psychology-of-participation-in-insurgency <span>Psychology of Participation in Insurgency</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:53am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Steven Metz writes about the psychology of insurgents. It is not mirror-image political concerns that they are after, but psychological needs.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/psychology-of-participation-in-insurgency" rel="tag" title="Psychology of Participation in Insurgency" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Psychology of Participation in Insurgency</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/psychology-of-participation-in-insurgency#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">38 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1311/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1329454922" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:53:12 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12195 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com