ISBN:
0231509863
,
9780231509862
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 251 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Dying to kill
DDC:
303.6/25
Keywords:
Non-governmental organizations
;
Suicide bombers
;
Terrorism
;
Non-governmental organizations
;
Suicide bombers
;
Terrorism
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Mia Bloom examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and assesses the effectiveness of government responses. She begins with a review of the long history of terrorism, from the Japanese kamikazes during World War II, to the Palestinian, Tamil, Iraqi, and Chechen terrorists of today. Bloom explores how suicide terror is used to instill public fear, attract international news coverage, gain support for terrorist causes, and create solidarity or competition between disparate terrorist organizations. She also considers how terrorist groups learn from one another, how they respond to counterterror tactics, and where they receive their funding, and a new preface features an in-depth study of modern-day Pakistan, Somalia, and Iraq. Bloom boldly contends that social and political motivations inspire suicide bombers, and she develops a theory explaining why terrorist tactics work in some instances and fail in others.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Historical Antecedents of Terror -- Chapter 2. Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Supp ort, Market Share and Outbidding -- Chapter 3. Ethnic Conflict, State Terror and Suicide Bombing in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 4. Devising a Theory of Suicide Terror -- Chapter 5. Halting Suicide Terror from Within: the PKK in Turkey -- Chapter 6. Terror 101: The Transnational Contagion Effects of Suicide Bombing -- Chapter 7. Feminism, Rape and War : Engendering Suicide Terror? -- Chapter 8. Conclusions and Prospects for the Future: Will Iraq Cause Suicide Terror at Home? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Plate Section.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : the historical antecedents of terrorPalestinian suicide bombing : public support, market share and outbidding -- Ethnic conflict, state terror and suicide bombing in Sri Lanka -- Devising a theory of suicide terror -- Halting suicide terror from within : the PKK in Turkey -- Terror 101 : the transnational contagion effects of suicide bombing -- Feminism, rape and war : engendering suicide terror? -- Conclusions and prospects for the future : will Iraq cause suicide terror at home?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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