Suicide bombings

In an age when the Western world is preoccupied with worries about weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands, terrorists across many parts of the globe are using a more basic device as a weapon - life itself. Suicide bombing has become a weapon of choice among terrorist groups because of its le...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hassan, Riaz, 1937- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Shortcuts (Routledge (Firm))
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797979406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Life as a weapon : historical roots of a modern phenomenon
  • 2. The global rise of suicide bombings : analysis of trends
  • 3. Explaining suicide bombings
  • 4. Suicide bombings : homicidal killing or a weapon of war?
  • 5. What have we learned?