Cutting the fuse : the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it

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Cutting the fuse : the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it / Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman.

Pape, Robert Anthony, 1960- (Author). Feldman, James K. (James Kendrick) (Added Author). Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. (Added Author).

Summary:

Offers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. Examines every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009. This analysis fundamentally changes how we understand the root causes of the most important terrorist campaigns today and reveals why the War on Terror has been ultimately counterproductive. Through a close analysis of suicide campaigns by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Israel, Chechnya, and Sri Lanka, the authors provide powerful new evidence that, contrary to popular and dangerously mistaken belief, only a tiny minority of these attacks are motivated solely by religion. Instead, the root cause is foreign military occupation, which triggers secular and religious people alike to carry out suicide attacks. From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226645605
ISBN: 0226645606
Physical Description: x, 349 pages : illustrations maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chicago ; University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism."
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Why focus on suicide terrorism -- Analytic overview -- Why occupation ignites suicide terrorism -- What really motivates transnational suicide terrorists -- The largest suicide terrorist campaigns -- Iraq -- Afghanistan -- Pakistan -- Al Qaeda -- Lebanon -- Israel and Palestine -- Chechnya -- Sri Lanka -- The end of fear, the beginning of understanding.