Hamas and suicide terrorism : multi-causal and multi-level approaches / Rashmi Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Rashmi Rajpal, author.

Series:

LSE international studies.

LSE international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.

Suicide bombings--Israel.

Suicide bombings.

Terrorism--Israel.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.This volume adopts a multi-causal, multi-level approach to analyse the use of suicide bombings by Hamas and its individual operatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It uses extensive fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews in order to delve beneath the surface and understand why and how suicide operations were adopted as a sustained mechanism of engagement within the Israeli-Palestinian c

Contents:

Hamas and Suicide Terrorism Multi-causal and multi-level approaches; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 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

GlossaryNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-69599-7

0-203-71814-3

1-283-96856-8

1-135-69592-X

9780203718148

OCLC:

829461819