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Eli Berman and David Laitin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2007

Eli Berman
Affiliation:
University of California at San Diego
David Laitin
Affiliation:
Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University

Extract

The three books under review reflect a radically altered agenda in social science, affected by the attacks of September 11, 2001, in which international terrorism in general and suicide missions in particular are “hot” topics. But because (sadly) new cases are recorded daily, the analyses in these books must be considered exploratory.Eli Berman is professor of economics at the University of California at San Diego. David D. Laitin is James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science and an affiliated faculty member of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.

Type
REVIEW SYMPOSIUM: UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE TERROR
Copyright
© 2007 American Political Science Association

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