1st Edition
Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism The Globalization of Martyrdom
Introduction - Characteristics of Suicide Attacks Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger 1. Defining Suicide Terrorism Assaf Moghadam 2. Dying to Kill: Motivations for Suicide Terrorism Mia Bloom 3. Dying To Be Martyrs: The Symbolic Dimension of Suicide Terrorism Mohammed M Hafez 4. The Roots of Suicide Terrorism: A Multi-Causal Approach Assaf Moghadam 5. Suicide Terrorism for Secular Causes Leonard Weinberg 6. Islam and al Qaeda Marc Sageman 7. Al-Qaeda and the Global Epidemic of Suicide Attacks Yoram Schweitzer 8. Being Bin Laden: An Applied Decision Analysis Procedure for Analyzing and Predicting Terrorists Decisions Alex Mintz, J. Tyson Chatagnier and David J. Brulé 9. Maghreb Immigrants Becoming Suicide Terrorists: A Case Study on Religious Radicalization Processes in Spain Rogelio Alonso and Fernando Reinares Index
Biography
Ami Pedahzur is an associate professor at the department of government, University of Texas, Austin. His latest publications include: Political Parties and Terrorist Groups (with Leonard Weinberg, 2003) and The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence – Defending Democracy (2002).
"The most up to date, informative and reliable survey of this phenomenon." - Walter Laqueur
"This is a useful and important book on a topic that is as intellectually compelling as it is politically disturbing." - Mark Juergensmeyer
