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Understanding and addressing suicide attacks : the faith and politics of martyrdom operations
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- Creator
- David Cook and Olivia Allison ; foreword by Edward P. Djerejian
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- English
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- Publication
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- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007
- Physical Details
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- xv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780275992606, 0275992608
- OCLC
- ocm80360375
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-192) and index.
- Historical and Islamic roots of suicide attacks-martyrdom operations -- Shi'ites pioneer the military use of suicide attacks -- Are suicide operations the weapon of the disadvantaged? -- Self-sacrifice against the "Great Satan": Al-Qa'ida and martyrdom operations -- Spreading martyrdom operations; purifying the Muslim community -- Are suicide attacks "catching"? Militant media organs' publicity efforts -- Success of terrorist messages in the American media -- Correcting the suicide-bombing discourse -- Fighting suicide bombing and the culture of martyrdom