The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists

Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 44-53

  Horgan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203337653     Document Type: Chapter

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