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Countering the new terrorism is a compilation of articles from some of the best and brightest analysts at rand. The only exception to this modus operandi is the recent book of neumann, old and new terrorism. From this milieu a new era of terrorism emerged, in which the concept had gained many of the familiar revolutionary, antistate connotations of today. Another example can be found in imam samudras book aku melawan teroris where he attempts to justify the 2002 bali bombings. This book is full of fresh new ideas, and is a must read in considering the.
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