| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
LSE International Studies Series |
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LSE International Studies Series
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| Contents |
Hamas and Suicide Terrorism Multi-causal and multi-level approaches; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introductory remarks; 2 Rationality, nationalism and political Islam; 3 A brief political history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 4 Rationality and the convergence of expressive and instrumental violence; 5 Palestinian nationalism, identity and the norm of militant heroic martyrdom; 6 Political Islam and the rhetoric of jihad and martyrdom; 7 Concluding remarks; Appendix A: List of interviews; Appendix B: Suicide bombings conducted by Hamas,1993-2006 |
| Summary |
This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period. This volume adopts a multi-causal, multi-level approach to analyse the use of suicide bombings by Hamas and its individual operatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It uses extensive fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews in order to delve beneath the surface and understand why and how suicide operations were adopted as a sustained mechanism of engagement within the Israeli-Palestinian c |
| Notes |
GlossaryNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah
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| SUBJECT |
Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah fast |
| Subject |
Suicide bombings -- Israel
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Terrorism -- Israel
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Suicide bombings
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Terrorism
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Israel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135695927 |
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113569592X |
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