Making sense of suicide missions / edited by Diego Gambetta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gambetta, Diego, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Political aspects.

Suicide.

Suicide bombings.

Kamikaze airplanes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Kamikaze, 1943�5""; ""2. Tamil Tigers, 1987�2002""; ""3. Palestinians, 1981�2003""; ""4. Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001""; ""5. Dying Without Killing: Self-Immolations, 1963�2002""; ""6. Killing Without Dying: The Absence of Suicide Missions""; ""7. Motivations and Beliefs in Suicide Missions""; ""8. Can We Make Sense of Suicide Missions?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""

""Q""""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-356) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-929797-5

1-280-75533-4

9786610755332

0-19-153499-4

1-4294-3088-5

OCLC:

77821593