The infectiousness of terrorist ideology: Insights from ecology and epidemiology

Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 186-206

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Smith, Katherine F ^b   Madin, ELizabeth M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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