Women as terrorists
Subtitle: mothers, recruiters, and martyrs
By: R. Kim Cragin and Sara A. Daly.
Contributors: Daly, Sara A.
Publisher: Praeger Security International; Praeger Security International/ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780275989095
Subjects: Women terrorists
Description: "Women as Terrorists is the first post-September 11 book to examine women's multifarious roles in terrorist organizations of all stripes around the world. It covers political, religious, ethno-separatist, and Maoist groups in countries as diverse as Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Colombia, South Africa, the Philippines, and Northern Ireland."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terrorist motivations and group dynamics; title: Women as logisticians; title: Women as recruiters; title: Women as suicide bombers; title: Women as operational leaders and fighters; title: Women as political vanguards; title: Women as terrorists, past, present and future.