1st Edition

The Shahids Islam and Suicide Attacks

By Shaul Shay Copyright 2004
246 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

Suicide terror has become a fundamental strategic weapon in the confrontation between Fundamentalist Islam and its adversaries and now constitutes a threat to world welfare and security. The Shahids proposes that the nature of this terror changed after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. In this first book to be published on the subject, the author offers both an... Read more
Glossary of Terms, Foreword, Introduction, 1. Definitions and a Historical Review of the Phenomenon of Suicide Attacks, 2. Suicide Attacks in the Modern Era—The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 3. Suicide Attacks in the Modern Era—Throughout the World, 4. Summary, Appendices, Appendix A: Development of Islamic Suicide Attacks, Appendix B: Trends in the Development of Terror, Appendix C: A List of Suicide Attacks, October 2000-December 2003, Index

Biography

Shaul Shay