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Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2013

1 online resource (xv, 337 p.) : ill., maps

ISBN 9780313398650 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780313398643 (hbk. alk. paper)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare -- Defining suicide warfare -- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts -- Suicide and policies of war -- Strategies of suicide warfare -- Effects of suicide warfare -- Case studies -- Japan’s kamikaze pilots -- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel -- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers -- Chechen separatists -- Al Qaeda -- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war -- Appendix: Documents -- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine" -- B. President Barack Obama acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009, "Just War" - excerpt -- Al Qaeda’s seven stages plan -- Chechen separatist note of demands to President Putin, August 30, 2004 -- E. The killing of Osama bin Laden -- F. Osama bin Laden’s Last Letter, Late May 2010, to Shaykh Mahmud ("Atiyya") - Excerpt.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)879022139