Manufacturing human bombs : the making of Palestinian suicide bombers
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Manufacturing human bombs : the making of Palestinian suicide bombers
(Perspectives series)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 2006
- softcover : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index
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Description
Suicide bombings have become a terrifyingly familiar feature of contemporary warfare and insurgency. But explanations of such attacks are typically either too narrow or too superficial to enable us to understand - and thus combat - this complex and deadly phenomenon. In this slim, but remarkably balanced, informative, and insightful volume, Mohammed Hafez delves beneath the surface as he explores the case of Palestinian suicide bombers during the Al-Aqsa intifada that began in 2000. Drawing on extensive research in the West Bank and Israel, Hafez reveals an intricate web of factors that fueled the campaign of suicide attacks. To understand the bombings, he argues, we must examine the interrelation among the motives of the individual 'martyrs', the calculations of the organizations that deployed them, and the attitudes of a victimized society. This approach yields not only a penetrating look at suicide bombers, but also policy-relevant lessons for dealing with extreme political violence in places, such as Iraq, Chechnya, and Afghanistan.
Highly readable, wonderfully concise, and packed with useful information, "Manufacturing Human Bombs" offers students an excellent introduction to its subject; for readers already well versed in terrorism and the Middle East, the volume offers a rare combination of rich empirical data, considerable analytical breadth and depth, and refreshing evenhandedness.
Table of Contents
Trying to Explain Suicide Terrorism * Palestinian Suicide Bombings since 1993 * Organizational Motives * Individual Motives * Societal Motives * Policy Implications * Appendixes: List of Bombings since 1993, Timeline, Wills and Testaments of Suicide Bombers, Organizational Profiles, Resources for Further Research.
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