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Making sense of suicide missions

Title
Making sense of suicide missions / edited by Diego Gambetta.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Gambetta, Diego, 1952-
Description
x, 378 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Suicide attacks are a defining act of political violence and an extraordinary social phenomenon. This book investigates the organizers of suicide missions and the perpetrators alike"--Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-356) and index.
Contents
Kamikaze, 1943-5 / Peter Hill -- Tamil tigers, 1987-2002 / Stephen Hopgood -- Palestinians, 1981-2003 / Luca Ricolfi -- Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001 / Stephen Holmes -- Dying without killing : self-immolations, 1963-2002 / Michael Biggs -- Killing without dying : the absence of suicide missions / Stathis Kalyvas, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Motivations and beliefs in suicide missions / Jon Elster -- Can we make sense of suicide missions? / Diego Gambetta.
Call Number
JFE 05-11411
ISBN
0199276994 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004025887
OCLC
56903860
Title
Making sense of suicide missions / edited by Diego Gambetta.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-356) and index.
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Gambetta, Diego, 1952-
Research Call Number
JFE 05-11411
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