Looking at terrorism through left realist lenses

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Gibbs, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 78049263833     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-010-9252-7     Document Type: Article

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