Root causes of suicide terrorism : the globalization of martyrdom / edited by Ami Pedahzur.
| Other author | Pedahzur, Ami. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
| Description | xix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cass 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005034792 |
| ISBN | 0415770297 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780415770293 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415770300 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780415770309 (pbk.) |