Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism - The Globalization of Martyrdom

Zusatztext "The most up to date! informative and reliable survey of this phenomenon." - Walter Laqueur"This is a useful and important book on a topic that is as intellectually compelling as it is politically disturbing." - Mark Juergensmeyer Informationen zum Autor Ami Pedahzur is an associate professor at the department of government, University of Texas, Austin. His latest publications include: Political Parties and Terrorist Groups (with Leonard Weinberg, 2003) and The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence - Defending Democracy (2002). Klappentext The book offers different theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of the root causes of suicide attacks. Zusammenfassung The book offers different theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of the root causes of suicide attacks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror 2. Root Causes of Suicide Martyrdom Warfare and its Effectiveness 3. The Roots of Suicide Terrorism: A Multi-Causal Approach 4. Religious and Secular Forms of Suicide Terrorism 5. Islam and Al Qaeda 6. Al Qaeda and the Global Suicide Terrorism Epidemic 7. The Banality of the Sacred: Community Structure and Bombing Variance in Low- and High-Generating Palestinian and Iraqi Villages 8. Dying to be Martyrs: The Culture of Palestinian Suicide Bombers 9. The Challenge of Countering Suicide Terrorism

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ami Pedahzur, Ami (EDT) Pedahzur, Ami (University of Texas Pedahzur, Pedahzur Ami
• Mitarbeit: Ami Pedahzur (Herausgeber), Pedahzur Ami (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.06.2006
• EAN: 9780415770293
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77029-3
• Seiten: 224
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Political Violence; Political Violence
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Warfare and defence