What motivates suicide bombers?
By: Lauri S. Friedman, book editor.
Contributors: Friedman, Lauri S.
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Terrorism; Suicide bombers; Martyrdom -- Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Islam advocates suicide terrorism / Peter David; title: Islam does not advocate suicide terrorism / George W. Bush; title: Despair and hopelessness motivate suicide bombers / Ilene R. Prusher; title: Despair and hopelessness do not motivate suicide bombers / Daniel Pipes; title: The promise of an afterlife motivates suicide bombers / Raphael Israeli; title: American imperialism motivates suicide bombers / Osama bin Laden; title: Nationalism motivates suicide terrorists / Robert A. Pape; title: Anti-semitism motivates suicide bombers / Fiamma Nirenstein; title: Islamic schools groom suicide bombers / Ben Barber; title: Television influences suicide bombers / Patrick Sookhdeo; title: Children are indoctrinated to become suicide bombers / Kenneth R. Timmerman; title: Chechen women are increasingly recruited to become suicide bombers / Kim Murphy.