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UNINA9910462575903321 |
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Autore |
Singh Rashmi Rajpal |
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Hamas and suicide terrorism : multi-causal and multi-level approaches / / Rashmi Singh |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-71814-3 |
1-283-96856-8 |
1-135-69592-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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LSE international studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Suicide bombings - Israel |
Terrorism - Israel |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
GlossaryNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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