Analytic Models and Policy Prescription: Understanding Recent Innovation in U.S. Counterterrorism

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-181

  Falkenrath, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015108003     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100151130252     Document Type: Article

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