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The business of martyrdom : a history of suicide bombing

Title
The business of martyrdom : a history of suicide bombing / Jeffrey W. Lewis.
Author
Lewis, Jeffrey William, 1969-
Publication
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012.

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Description
xv, 346 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Suicide bombings > History
  • Suicide bombers > History
  • Terrorism > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 12-3636
ISBN
  • 9781612510514 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1612510515 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781612510972 (e-book)
  • 1612510973 (e-book)
LCCN
2011044682
OCLC
YBP 2011044682
Author
Lewis, Jeffrey William, 1969-
Title
The business of martyrdom : a history of suicide bombing / Jeffrey W. Lewis.
Imprint
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-3636
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