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Making the nation safer : the role of science and technology in countering terrorism / Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, National Research Council.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-309-08481-4 (perfect)
1. Terrorism—Prevention—Technological innovations. 2. Terrorism—United States—Prevention. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism.
HV6431 .M354 2002
363.3′2′0973—dc21
2002011495
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