My life is a weapon : a modern history of suicide bombing / Christoph Reuter ; translated by Helena...
My life is a weapon : a modern history of suicide bombing / Christoph Reuter ; translated by Helena...
My life is a weapon : a modern history of suicide bombing / Christoph Reuter ; translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby.
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Publisher
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004.
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Date
2004.
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N303.625/ 67
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Language
English
German
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Physical content
viii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Power of the Powerless, the Powerlessness of the Powerful -- Ch. 1. The Original Assassins: A History of Faith and Power in the Islamic World -- Ch. 2. A Key to Paradise around Their Necks: Iran's Suicide Battalions -- Ch. 3. The Marketing Strategists of Martyrdom: Hezbollah in Leb...
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004.
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New Jersey
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"What kind of people are suicide bombers? What kind of people allow children to be paid to blow themselves up? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women - as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons - fall short...
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My life is a weapon : a modern history of suicide bombing / Christoph Reuter ; translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby.
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Includes bibliographical references: (p. [181]-193) and index.
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Translated from the German.
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N303.625/ 67
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74Vv5rPoaBXl
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ISBN
0691117594
9780691117591 :
0691117594 :
9780691117591
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303.625
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991017735969702626
