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Decapitation Strategy

Decapitation Strategy is a military doctrine involving targeted actions to eliminate or disable an adversary's highest-level political or military leadership in order to induce systemic disruption and rapid collapse of command, control, and cohesion within the opponent’s forces.

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118

Authors

60

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

47

When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation

Jenna Jordan · Security Studies · 2009 · 284 citations

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Does Decapitation Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Targeting in Counterinsurgency Campaigns

Patrick B. Johnston · International Security · 2012 · 276 citations

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Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism

Bryan Price · International Security · 2012 · 261 citations

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How Does Leadership Decapitation Affect Violence? The Case of Drug Trafficking Organizations in Mexico

Brian J. Phillips · The Journal of Politics · 2015 · 184 citations

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The Logic of Coercion in Cyberspace

Erica D. Borghard, Shawn W. Lonergan · Security Studies · 2017 · 181 citations

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Authors

118

  1. JG
    John G. Torrey

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 192 citations

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  2. JJ
    Jenna Jordan

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 430 citations

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  3. MO
    Masayuki Oda

    Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  4. KM
    Kazuhiko Mitsukuri

    Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  5. SD
    S. Doray

    Institut de Médecine et d'Epidémiologie Africaines, France

    1 publications · 54 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. Osaka Prefecture University

    Sakai, Japan

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    142 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    192 citations

  3. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    93 citations

  4. University College of Osteopathy

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  5. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  7. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology

    Kyiv, Ukraine

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    36 citations

  8. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    208 citations

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Venues

  1. International Security

    3 publications · 683 citations

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  2. International Journal of Legal Medicine

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  4. Forensic Science International

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 29 citations

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