Suicide bombers in Iraq : the strategy and ideology of martyrdom /
Hafez, Mohammed M., 1970-
Suicide bombers in Iraq : the strategy and ideology of martyrdom / Mohammed M. Hafez. - Washington, D.C. : U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2007. - xvii, 285p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Suicide bombers in historical and theoretical perspective -- Pt. 1. Insurgents and their strategies. Nationalists and Baathists -- The jihadi Salafis -- Suicide terrorism in the Iraqi insurgency -- Pt. 2. The alchemy of martyrdom: ideology, theology, and mythology of suicide terrorism. The ideology and theology of martyrdom -- Martyrdom mythology in Iraq -- Pt. 3. Martyrs without borders: transnational networks and volunteerism 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.
9781601270047 1601270046
2007014114
Suicide bombers--Iraq.
Suicide bombings--Iraq.
Terrorism--Iraq.
Insurgency--Iraq.
Martyrdom--Islam.
HV6433.I72 / .H34 2007
Suicide bombers in Iraq : the strategy and ideology of martyrdom / Mohammed M. Hafez. - Washington, D.C. : U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2007. - xvii, 285p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Suicide bombers in historical and theoretical perspective -- Pt. 1. Insurgents and their strategies. Nationalists and Baathists -- The jihadi Salafis -- Suicide terrorism in the Iraqi insurgency -- Pt. 2. The alchemy of martyrdom: ideology, theology, and mythology of suicide terrorism. The ideology and theology of martyrdom -- Martyrdom mythology in Iraq -- Pt. 3. Martyrs without borders: transnational networks and volunteerism 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.
9781601270047 1601270046
2007014114
Suicide bombers--Iraq.
Suicide bombings--Iraq.
Terrorism--Iraq.
Insurgency--Iraq.
Martyrdom--Islam.
HV6433.I72 / .H34 2007