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Terrorism 101

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There is not a single, and universally accepted, definition of the word “terrorism”. It is important to consider that political considerations can be brought to bear in the definition of “terrorism”, as one person’s “terrorist” can be another person’s “freedom fighter”. However, functional definitions of “terrorism” are required by the legal and law enforcement communities, even should a debate rage about the usage and application of the word.

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  1. Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Zygmunt F. Dembek PhD, MS, MPH, LHD

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  1. Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

    James M. Ryan

  2. Buma Health Care Services, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Adriaan P.C.C. Hopperus Buma

  3. Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Center for Distaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Charles W. Beadling

  4. Defence Medical Services-Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Aroop Mozumder

  5. Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    David M. Nott

  6. The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Norman M. Rich

  7. Formerly of Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Walter Henny

  8. Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

    David MacGarty

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Dembek, Z.F. (2014). Terrorism 101. In: Ryan, J., et al. Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2927-1_9

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