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Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 2006. Paperback in good condition. Signed and dedicated by the editor on the half-title page. Creases to rear cover at lower leading corner and also to lower leading corners of final 2 pages. Contents remain clean throughout and spine is tight. AD. Signed and Dedicated By Editor. Paperback. Good. Used. 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199297975 9780199297979 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Suicide attacks have become the defining act of political violence of our age. Based on a wealth of original research, and containing contributions from internationally distinguished scholars, Making Sense of Suicide Missions furthers our understanding of this chilling feature of the contemporary world in radically new and unexpected ways. ISBN 0199297975 9780199297979 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199297975, ISBN13: 9780199297979, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Suicide attacks have become the defining act of political violence of our age. From New York City to Baghdad, from Sri Lanka to Israel, few can doubt that they are a pervasive and terrifying feature of an increasing number of violent conflicts. Since 1981, approximately thirty organizations throughout the world - some of them secular and others affiliated to radical Islam - have carried out more than 500 suicide missions. Although a tiny fraction of the overallnumber of guerrilla and terrorist attacks occurring in the same period, the results have proved infinitely more lethal.This book is the first to shed real light on these extraordinary acts, and provide answers to the questions we all ask. Are these the actions of aggressive religious zealots and unbridled, irrational radicals or is there a logic driving those behind them Are their motivations religious or has Islam provided a language to express essentially political causes How can the perpetrators remain so lucidly effective in the face of certain death And do these disparate attacks have something like acommon cause For more than two years, this team of internationally distinguished scholars has pursued an unprejudiced inquiry, investigating organizers and perpetrators alike of this extraordinary social phenomenon. Close comparisons between a whole range of cases raise ...
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Oxford University Press, Date: 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780199297979 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199297975 9780199297979 [GB]

Oxford University Press 2006 Expanded & Updated ed. Trade paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780199297979.