| Description |
xviii, 285 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: Suicide bombers in historical and theoretical perspective -- Nationalists and Baathists -- The jihadi Salafis -- Suicide terrorism in the Iraqi insurgency -- The ideology and theology of martyrdom -- Martyrdom mythology in Iraq -- Arab fighters in Iraq -- European Muslims in Iraq -- Implications for theory and policy -- Appendix 1: List of Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq, 2003-2006 -- Appendix 2: Names and nationalities of known suicide bombers in Iraq -- Appendix 3: Zarqawi's men -- Appendix 4: Al Qaeda's evolution in Iraq |
| Summary |
"This book: draws extensively on open-source intelligence and papers of record, primary sources from insurgent groups, including online documents and videos, and interviews with U.S. service members who have served in Iraq; examines the history of suicide bombing in Iraq and many other countries, theoretical perspectives on suicide bombing, and the varies factions that compromise the insurgency; and explores the ideology and theology of martyrdom supporting suicide bombers, their national origins and characteristics, and the prospects for a "third generation" of transnational jihadists forged in the crucible of Iraq."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Insurgency -- Iraq.
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Martyrdom -- Islam.
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Suicide bombers -- Iraq.
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Suicide bombings -- Iraq.
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Terrorism -- Iraq.
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| Author |
United States Institute of Peace.
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| LC no. |
2007014114 |
| ISBN |
1601270046 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781601270047 paperback alkaline paper |
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