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Spectres and shadows : Aum Shinrikyo and the road to Megiddo. / Reader, Ian J.
In: Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2002, p. 145-186.

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Reader, IJ 2002, 'Spectres and shadows : Aum Shinrikyo and the road to Megiddo.', Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 145-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/714005600

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Reader IJ. Spectres and shadows : Aum Shinrikyo and the road to Megiddo. Terrorism and Political Violence. 2002;14(1):145-186. doi: 10.1080/714005600

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Reader, Ian J. / Spectres and shadows : Aum Shinrikyo and the road to Megiddo. In: Terrorism and Political Violence. 2002 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 145-186.

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