Dying to win the strategic logic of suicide terrorism

Pape, Robert Anthony 1960-

Dying to win the strategic logic of suicide terrorism - New York Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006 - viii,353p. ill. ; 21 cm.

"Includes a new afterword" -- p. [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The growing threat -- Explaining suicide terrorism -- The strategic logic of suicide terrorism. A strategy for weak actors -- Targeting democracies -- Learning terrorism pays -- The social logic of suicide terrorism. Occupation and religious difference -- Demystifying al-Qaeda -- Suicide terrorist organizations around the globe -- The individual logic of suicide terrorism. Altruism and terrorism -- The demographic profile of suicide terrorists -- Portraits of three suicide terrorists -- A new strategy for victory -- Why the war on terrorism is heading south -- Suicide terrorist campaigns, 1980-2003 and Iraq through 2005 -- Occupations by democratic states, 1980-2003 -- Salafism in major Sunni Muslim majority countries. Introduction. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. Conclusion. Afterword: Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III.

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Terrorism--Psychological aspects.
Terrorists--Suicidal behavior.
Terrorism--Prevention.

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