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New Terrorism Matthew J. Morgan Summary
The Origins of the

New Terrorism

MATTHEW J. MORGAN

Mr. Morgan is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and completed graduate his work at Harvard Business School and the University of Hawai'i. He served six years as a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, including one tour in Afghanistan where he was awarded the Bronze Star. Mr. Morgan worked in an array of teaching positions since 2002, to include Assistant Professor of Government, Bentley College. He has authored over 30 articles on strategic and organizational issues. Currently he is working on a new book "The American Military After 9/11" publisher Palgrave-Macmillan due out 2008. He has also written "A Democracy Is Born". Mr. Morgan is currently employed as an Associate for McKinsey & Company. McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm which advises leading companies on issues of strategy, organizations, technology, and operations.

The main point of the article was to convey that "today's terrorists are ultimately more apocalyptic in their perspective and methods." In short, their mindset changed from; a means to an end to becoming the end in itself. Most recently studies have shown that terrorism changed from the ideas of the past. Paul Wilkinson, Professor of International Relations and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study
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It has been around for many centuries and will continue to be part of our lives. The practice however, has undergone remarkable changes throughout the years. As discussed earlier, the technological aspect alone has afforded terrorist organizations more readily available information and a better communication line to arrange and help with the execution of their plans. This technology provides both, assistance to the terrorists and an opportunity for targeting, as industrialized societies have placed greater reliance on information

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