The business of martyrdom : a history of suicide bombing /

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Author / Creator:Lewis, Jeffrey W.
Imprint:Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:Suicide bombings -- History.
Suicide bombers -- History.
Terrorism -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Suicide bombers.
Suicide bombings.
Terrorism.
Selbstmordattentat
Självmordsbombare -- historia.
Terrorism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136144
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ISBN:1612510973
9781612510972
9781612510514
1612510515
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The Business of Martyrdom is the only comprehensive history of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the present day. It makes use of a framework from the history and philosophy of technology to explain the diffusion and evolution of suicide bombing over the past several decades. It is primarily a work of synthesis meant to reach a broad audience and endeavors to integrate as much of the recent scholarly literature as possible, including reconciling explanatory mechanisms that seem to be at odds with one another. In addition, this book is able to draw on very recent changes.
Other form:Print version: 9781612510514 1612510515
Standard no.:40020835586