Al Qaeda and its affiliates: A global tribe waging segmental warfare?

First Monday

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Ronfeldt, David ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 27944481821     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: 13960458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v10i3.1214     Document Type: Review

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