Creating young martyrs : conditions that make dying in a terrorist attack seem like a good idea / Al...
Creating young martyrs : conditions that make dying in a terrorist attack seem like a good idea / Al...
Creating young martyrs : conditions that make dying in a terrorist attack seem like a good idea / Alice LoCicero and Samuel J. Sinclair.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N363.32511/6
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English
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xviii, 128 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Growing Up in War Zones: Children and the Communities that Love Them -- Ch. 2. The Social Science of Terrorism -- Ch. 3. Cognitive Development: The Brilliant, Exasperating, Deliberate Adolescent Mind -- Ch. 4. When Will the War End? "Never." -- Ch. 5. Most Victims of War Are Civilians -- Ch....
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2008.
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"The authors explain how and why we must understand the conditions that spur youths to become martyrs by making them think suicide bombings and other acts of self-destructive terrorism are a "good" way to die. LoCicero and Sinclair present cutting-edge research and theory about the political, social, and living conditions that raise the risk of chi...
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Creating young martyrs : conditions that make dying in a terrorist attack seem like a good idea / Alice LoCicero and Samuel J. Sinclair.
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Contemporary psychology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-118) and index.
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N363.32511/6
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74VMjrJQejPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjrJQejPX
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9780275996901 (alk. paper)
0275996905 (alk. paper)
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363.32511
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991001134859702626
