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Suicide Warfare - Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,230
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Suicide Warfare - Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon (Hardcover): Rosemarie Skaine

Suicide Warfare - Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon (Hardcover)

Rosemarie Skaine

Series: Praeger Security International

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This book provides up-to-date coverage of the policies, strategies, and effects of suicide in war, examining this subject from societal and military perspectives to shed light on the justifications for using human beings as expendable weapons. Suicide warfare has expanded over the years and become a global phenomenon. In some parts of the world, it has become rooted in the fabric of society. Westerners often find it difficult to grasp why someone would be willing to sacrifice their life in order to take the lives of others. Suicide Warfare: Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon provides a thorough examination of the topic that enables readers to understand the justification for suicide warfare and better appreciate how the ideology of the individuals and organizations that resort to suicide warfare greatly complicates security issues in the 21st century. The book covers the policies, strategies, and effects of suicide in war, examining suicide warfare in its entirety from a theoretical standpoint, and then applying those theories to the actual manifestations of and politico-military responses to suicide warfare. The author discusses specific organizations such as Al Qaeda and the Chechen rebels, analyzing each within its societal context, military justification, individual motivation, and outcomes, and addresses principles of sociological and conflict theory to place suicide warfare in a clearer conceptual framework. The book presents case studies that allow readers to better understand abstract theories and make distinctions between individual cases of suicide warfare. Includes primary documents and statistical data Provides resources for further study

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Series: Praeger Security International
Release date: 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: Rosemarie Skaine
Dimensions: 242 x 167 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-39864-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN: 0-313-39864-X
Barcode: 9780313398643

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