Making of Pakistani Human Bombs

Based on interviews with failed suicide bombers, officials of Pakistani law enforcement agencies involved in interrogating high-profile self-immolation attacks, and content analysis of Jihadi publications produced in local languages, this book offers the first empirically grounded analysis of suicide terrorism in Pakistan.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: History of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan

Chapter 2: Research Problems and Methodology

Chapter 3: Militant Landscape of Pakistan: The Environmental Level

Chapter 4: Driving Forces of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: The Organisational Level

Chapter 5: Motivating Factors of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: Individual Level

Chapter 6: Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: A Multi-Causal Phenomenon

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendices

Appendix 1: Chronology of Suicide Attacks in Pakistan (1995-2012)

Appendix 2: Profiling Suicide Bombers in Pakistan

About the author

By Khuram Iqbal

Product details

• Authors: Khuram Iqbal, Iqbal Khuram
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781498516501
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1650-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Pakistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Terrorism, armed struggle, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Pakistan;Suicide Bombing;Terrorism