October 22, 2004

Identifying the Best Ways to Fight Terrorism

To the Editor:

Scott L. Plous and Philip G. Zimbardo make some critical points in their essay on curbing terrorism ("How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism," The Chronicle Review, September 10). All of us, both civilian and military, must accept that political terrorism (like any tactic of warfare) is the pursuit of political goals through the use of force -- and not some inexplicable, psychopathic act. Only by correctly understanding the nature of the adversaries who launched

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