Laura Lambert
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Freelance writer and editor. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Terrorism (2011) formed the basis for her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (10)
Stockholm syndrome, psychological response wherein a captive begins to identify closely with his or her captors, as well as with their agenda and demands. The name of the syndrome is derived from a botched bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. In August 1973 four employees of Sveriges Kreditbank were…
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Publications (1)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (June 2011)
Six years after publication of the first edition of the best-selling Encyclopedia of Terrorism, much has changed on the national security scene. Despite the dark promises of Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 attacks, the United States has not experienced any major domestic terror incidents. Al-Qaeda itself is believed to be a severely crippled organization. But while U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--not to mention the arrival of the Obama administration, a new balance of power within...
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