Research note: Observations of suicidal terrorists in action

Terrorism and Political Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-327

  Speckhard, Anne ^a,b,c,g   Tarabrina, Nadejda ^d   Krasnov, Valery ^e   Akhmedova, Khapta ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vesalius College   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g NONE   (Belgium)

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EID: 5044235775     PISSN: 09546553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546550490490721     Document Type: Article

References (17)

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