Leadership DecapitationOne of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targetinginvolving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISISto identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan