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Making sense of suicide missions

By Diego , Gambetta

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780191534997, 0191534994, 9780191707735, 0191707732, 9781429430883, 1429430885
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2930822 bytes)
Pages
(x, 378 pages) : illustrations\393
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

"Suicide attacks are a defining act of political violence and an extraordinary social phenomenon. This book investigates the organizers of suicide missions and the perpetrators alike"--Provided by publisher. Kamikaze, 1943-5 / Peter Hill -- Tamil tigers, 1987-2002 / Stephen Hopgood -- Palestinians, 1981-2003 / Luca Ricolfi -- Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001 / Stephen Holmes -- Dying without killing : self-immolations, 1963-2002 / Michael Biggs -- Killing without dying : the absence of suicide missions / Stathis Kalyvas, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Motivations and beliefs in suicide missions / Jon Elster -- Can we make sense of suicide missions? / Diego Gambetta.

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