US strategy in Southeast Asia: Counter-terrorist or counter-terrorism?

After Bali: The Threat of Terrorism in Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 305-337

  Ramakrishna, Kumar ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84967455251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812561749_0015     Document Type: Chapter

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