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Subject(s)

• Suicide bombers—Iraq [Browse]
• Suicide bombings—Iraq [Browse]
• Terrorism—Iraq [Browse]
• Insurgency—Iraq [Browse]
• Martyrdom—Islam [Browse]

Related name

• United States Institute of Peace [Browse]

Summary note

Understanding the phenomenon of suicide bombing in Iraq is vitally important for U.S. national security, foreign policy in the Muslim world, and the war on terrorism. This study draws extensively on open-source intelligence and papers of record, primary sources from insurgent groups including online documents and videos, and interviews with U.S. servicemen who have served in Iraq. It examines the history of suicide bombing in Iraq and many other countries, theoretical perspectives on suicide bombing, the varied factions that comprise the insurgency, the ideology and theology of martyrdom supporting suicide bombers, their national origins and characteristics, and the prospects for a "third generation" of transnational jihadists forged in the crucible of Iraq.--From publisher description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Introduction: Suicide bombers in historical and theoretical perspective
• Nationalists and Baathists
• The jihadi Salafis
• Suicide terrorism in the Iraqi insurgency
• The ideology and theology of martyrdom
• Martyrdom mythology in Iraq
• Arab fighters in Iraq
• European Muslims in Iraq
• Implications for theory and policy
• Appendix 1: List of Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq, 2003-2006
• Appendix 2: Names and nationalities of known suicide bombers in Iraq
• Appendix 3: Zarqawi's men
• Appendix 4: Al Qaeda's evolution in Iraq.

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ISBN

• 9781601270047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1601270046 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007014114

OCLC

124036176

RCP

H - S

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