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What Makes a Terrorist

Paperback • 2008 • English

What Makes a Terrorist

By Alan B. Krueger

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About the book

Many popular ideas about terrorists and why they seek to harm us are fueled by falsehoods and misinformation. Leading politicians and scholars have argued that poverty and lack of education breed terrorism, despite the wealth of evidence showing that most terrorists come from middle-class, and often college-educated, backgrounds. In What Makes a Terrorist, Alan Krueger argues that if we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more l...Show more

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ISBN

9780691138756

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

What Makes a Terrorist

Format

Paperback

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