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The globalization of martyrdom : Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks / Assaf Moghadam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moghadam, Assaf, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qaida (Organization).
- Suicide bombings.
- Terrorism.
- Suicide--Political aspects.
- Suicide.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Jihad.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- This unflinching analysis provides new information about the relationship between ideology and suicide attacks and recommends policies focused on containing Salafi Jihadism.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The global proliferation of suicide missions
- Al Qaeda and the primacy of suicide attacks
- Salafi Jihad and the veneration of martyrdom
- From Al Qaeda to global jihad
- Suicide missions from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan
- The United Kingdom and the 7/7 bombings
- The rise of suicide attacks in Iraq.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 25, 2021)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0144-4
- OCLC:
- 1204143033
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