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Tangled roots [electronic resource]

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What do we really know about the contributing causes of terrorism? Are all forms of terrorism created equal, or are there important differences in terrorisms that one must know about to customize effective counter-strategies? Does poverty cause terrorism? This book talks about the basic human ingredients that combust to produce violent extremism.

Title Tangled roots [electronic resource] : social and psychological factors in the genesis of terrorism / edited by Jeff Victoroff.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam, Netherlands
Washington, DC : IOS Press
Creation Date c2006
Notes "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Psychology and Terrorism, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 14-17 September 2005."--T.p. verso.
"Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
Content Title page
Preface
Acknowledgements
Principal Contributors
Contents
Introduction: Managing Terror: The Devilish Traverse from a Theory to a Plan
What Do We Know, and What Can We Know, About the Causes of Substate Terrorism?
The Psychology of Terrorism: Toward a Scientific Approach
Who Supports Terrorism and Why?
Suicide Bombers: Why?
What Should We Do? Psychologically Informed Approaches to Reducing the Threat of Substate Terrorism
Executive Summary
Subject Index
Author Index
Series NATO security through science series. E: Human and societal dynamics, 1574-5597
v. 11
Extent 1 online resource (496 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010709748305171
MARC RECORDS
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