Screen LibraryThe business of martyrdom：a history of suicide bombing
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Naval Institute Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Annapolis, Md. |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 346 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781612510514 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1612510515 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D815 |
| CLC: | D815.5-09 |
| Call Number: | D815.5-09/L674 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-346) and index. Martyrdom as innovation : the invention of suicide bombing in imperial Russia -- The weapon of martyrdom : Lebanon, 1981-1985 -- Martyrdom and control : the reinvention of suicide bombing by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -- Trial runs : the Provisional IRA and the Workers' Party of Kurdistan -- Managing martyrdom, part I : Palestinian suicide bombing in the 1990s -- Managing martyrdom, part II : Palestinian suicide bombing in the Second Intifada and after, 2000-2010 -- Globalized martyrdom : the jihadi movement and suicide bombing after 9/11 -- The business of martyrdom. |