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001 2007003037
003 DLC
005 20071013083829.0
008 070123s2007 ctua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007003037
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020 $a9780275992606 (alk. paper)
020 $a0275992608 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm80360375
035 $a(OCoLC)80360375
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050 00 $aBP190.5.S94$bC66 2007
082 00 $a363.325/11$222
100 1 $aCook, David,$d1966-
245 10 $aUnderstanding and addressing suicide attacks :$bthe faith and politics of martyrdom operations /$cDavid Cook and Olivia Allison ; foreword by Edward P. Djerejian.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger Security International,$c2007.
300 $axv, 202 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.
505 0 $aHistorical and Islamic roots of suicide attacks-martyrdom operations -- Shi'ites pioneer the military use of suicide attacks -- Are suicide operations the weapon of the disadvantaged? -- Self-sacrifice against the "Great Satan": Al-Qa'ida and martyrdom operations -- Spreading martyrdom operations; purifying the Muslim community -- Are suicide attacks "catching"? Militant media organs' publicity efforts -- Success of terrorist messages in the American media -- Correcting the suicide-bombing discourse -- Fighting suicide bombing and the culture of martyrdom.
650 0 $aSuicide$xReligious aspects$xIslam.
650 0 $aSuicide bombers.
650 0 $aMartyrdom$xIslam.
650 0 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xIslam.
650 0 $aIslam and politics.
650 0 $aIslamic fundamentalism.
700 1 $aAllison, Olivia,$d1981-
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003037.html