TITLE

Misunderstanding terrorism

AUTHOR(S)
Simon, J.D.
PUB. DATE
June 1987
SOURCE
Foreign Policy;Summer87, Issue 67, p104
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses US policy toward terrorism. Terrorism as crisis; Terrorism as war; Need for low-level responses to terrorism; Perception versus reality of the terrorist threat.
ACCESSION #
8700011556

Tags: TERRORISM -- Government policy

 

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