Cutting the Fuse The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It

Name: Cutting the Fuse The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It
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ISBN: 9780226645650

ISBN-10: 0226645657

ISBN-13: 9780226645650

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman

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Cutting the Fuseoffers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. Robert A. Pape and James K. Feldman have examined every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009, and the insights they have gleaned from that data fundamentally challenge how we understand the root causes of terrorist campaigns today—and reveal why the War on Terror has been ultimately counterproductive. Through a close analysis of suicide campaigns by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Israel, Chechnya, and Sri Lanka, the authors provide powerful new evidence that, contrary to popular and dangerously mistaken…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction. Why Focus on Suicide Terrorism



Analytic Overview



Why Occupation Ignites Suicide Terrorism



What Really Motivates Transnational Suicide Terrorists



The Largest Suicide Terrorist Campaigns



Iraq



Afghanistan



Pakistan



Al Qaeda



Lebanon



Israel and Palestine



Chechnya



Sri Lanka


Conclusion. The End of Fear, the Beginning of Understanding


Index