Dying to Kill

What motivates suicide bombers in Iraq and around the world? Can winning the hearts and minds of local populations stop them? This book examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It assesses the effectiveness of government responses.

Auteur

Mia Bloom is an assistant professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and member of the Council of World Affairs. She has published numerous articles on war, terrorism, and ethnic conflict, and her research investigates atrocities across several regions, contrasting the Middle East with South Asia, Europe, and Africa. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Crail, Scotland.

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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Historical Antecedents of Terror
Chapter 2. Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Support, Market Share and Outbidding
Chapter 3. Ethnic Conflict, State Terror and Suicide Bombing in Sri Lanka
Chapter 4.Devising a Theory of Suicide Terror
Chapter 5. Halting Suicide Terror from Within: the PKK in Turkey
Chapter 6. Terror 101: Transnational Contagion Effects of Suicide Bombing
Chapter 7. Feminism, Rape and War: Engendering Suicide Terror?
Chapter 8. Conclusions and Prospects for the Future: Will Iraq Cause Suicide Terror at Home?
Appendix
Notes
Index