Suicide warfare culture, the military, and the individual as a weapon
Suicide warfare has expanded over the years and become a global phenomenon. In some parts of the world, it has become rooted in the fabric of society. Westerners often find it difficult to grasp why someone would be willing to sacrifice their life in order to take the lives of others. Suicide Warfar...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Praeger Security International
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798249706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare
- Defining suicide warfare
- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts
- Suicide and policies of war
- Strategies of suicide warfare
- Effects of suicide warfare
- Case studies
- Japan's kamikaze pilots
- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel
- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers
- Chechen separatists
- Al Qaeda
- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war
- Appendix: Documents
- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine"
- B. President Barack Obama acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009, "Just War" - excerpt
- Al Qaeda's seven stages plan
- Chechen separatist note of demands to President Putin, August 30, 2004
- E. The killing of Osama bin Laden
- F. Osama bin Laden's Last Letter, Late May 2010, to Shaykh Mahmud ("Atiyya") - Excerpt.
