Root causes of suicide terrorism : the globalization of martyrdom / edited by Ami Pedahzur.

Other author Pedahzur, Ami.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Descriptionxix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesCass series: political violence
Cass series on political violence. ^A378546
Contents Introduction : characteristics of suicide attacks / Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger -- Defining suicide terrorism / Assaf Moghadam -- Dying to kill : motivations for suicide terrorism / Mia Bloom -- Dying to be martyrs : the symbolic dimension of suicide terrorism / Mohammed M. Hafez -- The roots of suicide terrorism : a multi-causal approach / Assaf Moghadam -- Suicide terrorism for secular causes / Leonard Weinberg -- Islam and al Qaeda / Marc Sageman -- Al-Qaeda and the global epidemic of suicide attacks / Yoram Schweitzer -- Being Bin Laden : an applied decision analysis procedure for analyzing and predicting terrorists decisions / Alex Mintz, J. Tyson Chatagnier, David J. Brulé -- Maghreb immigrants becoming suicide terrorists : a case study on religious radicalization processes in Spain / Rogelio Alonso and Fernando Reinares.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005034792
ISBN0415770297 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415770293 (hbk.)
ISBN0415770300 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415770309 (pbk.)