Terrorism, risk and international security: The perils of asking 'what if?'

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 221-242

  Mythen, Gabe ^a   Walklate, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Risk; Security; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049104538     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010608088776     Document Type: Article

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