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The Smile of the Human Bomb - New Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism (Hardcover)
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The Smile of the Human Bomb - New Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism (Hardcover)
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In 2017, nearly six thousand people were killed in suicide attacks
across the world. In The Smile of the Human Bomb, Gideon Aran
dissects the moral logic of the suicide terrorism that led to those
deaths. The book is a firsthand examination of the bomb site at the
moment of the explosion, during the first few minutes after the
explosion, and in the last moments before the explosion. Aran
uncovers the suicide bomber's final preparations before embarking
on the suicide mission: the border crossing, the journey toward the
designated target, penetration into the site, and the behavior of
both sides within it. The book sheds light on the truth of the
human bomb. Aran's gritty and often disturbing account is built on
a foundation of participant observation with squads of pious Jewish
volunteers who gather the scorched fragments of the dead after
terrorist attacks; newly revealed documents, including
interrogation protocols; interviews with Palestinian armed
resistance members and retired Israeli counterterrorism agents;
observations of failed suicide terrorists in jail; and
conversations with the acquaintances of human bombs. The Smile of
the Human Bomb provides new insights on the Middle East conflict,
political violence, radicalism, victimhood, ritual, and death and
unveils a suicide terrorism scene far different from what is
conventionally pictured. In the end, Aran discovers, the suicide
terrorist is an unremarkable figure, and the circumstances of his
or her recruitment and operation are prosaic and often accidental.
The smiling human bomb is neither larger than life nor a monster,
but an actor on a human scale. And suicide terrorism is a drama in
which cliches and chance events play their role.
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