Hafez, Mohammed M., 1970

Suicide bombers in Iraq : the strategy and ideology of martyrdom / Mohammed M. Hafez; foreword by Martha Crenshaw. - Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007. - 285 p.: ill., forms.; 23cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- List of Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq, 2003-2006 / Appendix 1 -- Names and nationalities of known suicide bombers in Iraq / Appendix 2 -- Zarqawi's men / Appendix 3 -- Al Qaeda's evolution in Iraq / Appendix 4.

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


Suicide bombers--Iraq.
Suicide bombings--Iraq.
Terrorism--Iraq.
Insurgency--Iraq.
Martyrdom--Islam.

HV 6433 / H138s 2007

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