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Understanding and Addressing Suicide Attacks - The Faith and Politics of Martyrdom Operations (Hardcover)
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Understanding and Addressing Suicide Attacks - The Faith and Politics of Martyrdom Operations (Hardcover)
Series: Praeger Security International
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During the past several years, Americans have witnessed the
frequent occurrence of suicide attacks by radical Muslim groups.
The public has wondered what drives someone to kill himself
specifically in order to wreak havoc and destruction. While other
works address the subject, many entirely ignore the ideological,
religious, and cultural appeal of suicide attacks, and none can
adequately speak to why certain groups choose to use suicide as a
weapon while others do not. Beginning with a careful consideration
of the religious and historical reasons, and the justifications
that perpetrators find therein for suicide operations, the authors
reveal how radical groups have co-opted various aspects of their
faith to provide fuel for their current activities. Established
policy makers seem helpless to confront this destructive terrorist
activity, often implying that countermeasures are ineffective and
seeming to say we will just have to wait out the phenomenon. Even
such a well-documented policy report as the 9/11 Commission's
report failed to address the root of suicide attacks, only
critiquing technical aspects of the U.S. security system. Focusing
on specific attacks, their roots, their perpetrators, and their
outcomes, the authors are able to shed light on this resurgence of
radical religious forces that encourage the use of such tactics,
and to propose new initiatives and approaches to handling such
attacks before and after they occur.
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