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ISBN10: 0691126151, ISBN13: 9780691126159, [publisher: Princeton Univ Pr] Softcover 200 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 2006. Paperback. New. 200 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. 2006. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691126151 9780691126159 [GB]

ISBN10: 0691126151, ISBN13: 9780691126159, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
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ISBN10: 0691126151, ISBN13: 9780691126159, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What kind of people are suicide bombers How do they justify their actions In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women--as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons--fall short of the mark. In many cases these modern-day martyrs are well-educated young adults who turn themselves into human bombs willingly and eagerly--to exact revenge on a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive. Suicide assassins are determined to make a difference, for once in their lives, no matter what the cost. As Reuter's many interviews with would-be martyrs, their trainers, friends, and relatives reveal, the bombers are motivated more by how they expect to be remembered--as heroic figures--than by religion-infused visions of a blissful life to come.Reuter, who spent eight years researching the book, moves from the broken survivors of the childrens' suicide brigades in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, to the war-torn Lebanon of Hezbollah, to Israeli-occupied Palestinian land, and to regions as disparate as Sri Lanka, Chechnya, and Kurdistan. He tells a disturbing story of the modern globalization of suicide bombing--orchestrated, as his own investigations have helped to establish, by the shadowy Al Qaeda ...
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Princeton University Press, Date: 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691126151 9780691126159 [US]

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