Making Sense of Suicide Missions

Suicide attacks have become the defining act of political violence of our age. From New York City to Baghdad, from Sri Lanka to Israel, few can doubt that they are a pervasive and terrifying feature of our political landscape. Based on a wealth of original information and research, and containing contributions from internationally distinguished scholars, Making Sense of Suicide Missions furthers our understanding of this chilling feature of the contemporary world in radically new and unexpected ways.

Suicide attacks have become the defining act of political violence of our age. Based on a wealth of original research, and containing contributions from internationally distinguished scholars, Making Sense of Suicide Missions furthers our understanding of this chilling feature of the contemporary world in radically new and unexpected ways.

Foreword; 1: Peter Hill: Kamikaze 1943-5; 2: Stephen Hopgood: Tamil Tigers 1987-2002; 3: Luca Ricolfi: Palestinians 1981-2003; 4: Stephen Holmes: Al Qaeda, September 11, 2001; 5: Michael Biggs: Dying Without Killing: Self-Immolations 1963-2002; 6: Stathis Kalyvas and Ignacio S?nchez-Cuenca: Killing Without Dying: The Absence of Suicide Missions; 7: Jon Elster: Motivations and Beliefs in Suicide Missions; 8: Diego Gambetta: Can We Make Sense of Suicide Missions?; References