Dying to kill
Subtitle: the allure of suicide terror
By: Mia Bloom
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780231133203; 9780231509862; 9780231133210
Subjects: Kamikazes (Attentats-suicides); Zelfmoordaanslagen; Non-governmental organizations; Organisations non gouvernementales; Suicide bombers; Terrorisme; Selbstmordattentat; Terrorism
Description: "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 argues that in many instances the efforts of Israel in the Middle East, Russia in Chechnya, and the United States in Iraq have failed to deter terrorism and suicide bombings. Bloom also considers how terrorist groups learn from one another, how they respond to counterterror tactics, the financing of terrorism, and the role of suicide attacks against the backdrop of larger ethnic and political conflicts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the historical antecedents of terror; title: Palestinian suicide bombing : public support, market share and outbidding; title: Ethnic conflict, state terror and suicide bombing in Sri Lanka; title: Devising a theory of suicide terror; title: Halting suicide terror from within : the PKK in Turkey; title: Terror 101 : the transnational contagion effects of suicide bombing; title: Feminism, rape and war : engendering suicide terror?; title: Conclusions and prospects for the future : will Iraq cause suicide terror at home?