Belfer Centre Policy Paper: "The Exaggerated Threat of American Muslim "Homegrown" Terrorism"



"The Exaggerated Threat of American Muslim "Homegrown" Terrorism"

Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; December 14, 2011; Author: Risa Brooks

This policy brief is based on "Muslim 'Homegrown' Terrorism in the United States: How Serious Is the Threat?" which appears in the fall 2011 issue ofInternational Security.

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