If they’re not crazy, then what? The implications of social psychological approaches to terrorism for conflict management

Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 125-153

  Louis, Winnifred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 70449661420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581199.008     Document Type: Chapter

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