Hamas and Suicide Terrorism - Multi-Causal and Multi-Level Approaches

Informationen zum Autor Rashmi Singh is a Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence and the University of St Andrews. Klappentext Analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas. Using fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews! this volume seeks to delve beneath the surface and understand why and how suicide operations were adopted as a sustained mechanism of engagement within the Israeli-Palestinian landscape of conflict. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introductory Remarks 2. Rationality! Nationalism and Political Islam 3. A Brief Political History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 4. Rationality and the Convergence of Expressive and Instrumental Violence 5. Palestinian Nationalism! Identity and the Norm of Militant Heroic Martyrdom 6. Political Islam and the Rhetoric of Jihad and Martyrdom 7. Concluding Remarks. Appendix A: List of Interviews. Appendix B: Suicide Bombings Conducted by Hamas! 1993-2006. Glossary. Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Rashmi Singh, Singh Rashmi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2011
• EAN: 9780415498043
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49804-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: LSE International Studies Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Islam, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Middle East, Terrorism, armed struggle, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Armed Conflict, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science