文档介绍：ROOT CAUSES OF SUICIDE TERRORISM
Suicide terrorism in its modern form appeared in the 1980s when the Shiite
Hezbollah was the anization to use this strategy in Lebanon. Its
subsequent adoption by anizations in the Middle East and Asia, the
majority either Arab or Muslim, led many scholars to emphasize the role of Islam
in suicide terrorism’s emergence and spread.
Bringing together leading scholars in the field of terrorism studies, amongst
them Marc Sageman, Leonard Weinberg, and Mia Bloom, this volume sets out to
reassess the root causes of suicide terrorism at elite and rank-and-file levels.
Challenging the widespread argument that suicide bombing is tightly connected
to Islam, the contributors have approached the topic from a socio-cultural
perspective and have juxtaposed the role of religion, and specifically Islam, in
generating suicide terrorism with power struggles between elites for state control.
This volume will be essential reading for students of terrorism, security
studies, political science, and Middle Eastern politics.
Ami Pedahzur is an Associate Professor at the Department of Government,
University of Texas, Austin.
CASS SERIES: POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Series editors: Paul Wilkinson
and David Rapoport
TERRORISM VERSUS THE IRA, 1968–2000: AN
DEMOCRACY: THE LIBERAL ANALYSIS OF A SECRET
STATE RESPONSE ARMY
Paul Wilkinson J. Bowyer Bell
AVIATION TERRORISM AND MILLENNIAL VIOLENCE:
SECURITY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Paul Wilkinson and Jeffrey Kaplan (ed.)
Brian M. Jenkins (eds)
COUNTER-TERRORIST LAW
COUNTER-TERRORIST AND EMERGENCY POWERS IN
LAW AND EMERGENCY THE UNITED KINGDOM,
POWERS IN THE 1922–2000
UNITED KINGDOM, Laura K. Donohue
1922–2000
Laura K. Donohue RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
THE DEMOCRATIC Peter H. Merkl and Leonard
EXPERIENCE AND Weinberg (eds)
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
David C. Rapoport and Leonard TERRORISM TODAY
Weinberg (eds) Christopher C. Harmon
INSIDE TERRORIST