Running the blockade: Information technology, terrorism, and the transformation of Islamic mass culture

Terrorism and Political Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-543

  Bailey, Timothy D ^a,b   Grimaila, Michael R ^a,c  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural influence; Information technology; Islamic fundamentalists; Terrorist networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749016516     PISSN: 09546553     EISSN: 15561836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546550600880518     Document Type: Review

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