E-book
Dying to win the strategic logic of suicide terrorism
Record details
- ISBN: 9781588364609 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1588364607 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781588364609 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 1588364607 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (viii, 335 p.) : ill. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. The growing threat -- Explaining suicide terrorism -- pt. 1. The strategic logic of suicide terrorism. A strategy for weak actors -- Targeting democracies -- Learning terrorism pays -- pt. 2. The social logic of suicide terrorism. Occupation and religious difference -- Demystifying al-Qaeda -- Suicide terrorist organizations around the globe -- pt. 3. The individual logic of suicide terrorism. Altruism and terrorism -- The demographic profile of suicide terrorists -- Portraits of three suicide terrorists -- Conclusion. A new strategy for victory -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I. Suicide terrorist campaigns, 1980-2003 -- Appendix II. Occupations by democratic states, 1980-2003 -- Appendix III. Salafism in major Sunni Muslim majority countries. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
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| Subject: | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects Terrorists -- Suicidal behavior Terrorism -- Prevention Terrorisme Zelfmoordaanslagen Fundamentalisme |
| Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. |
