Hamas and suicide terrorism : multi-causal and multi-level approaches / / Rashmi Singh

• Autore: Singh Rashmi Rajpal
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325095694
• Soggetto topico: Suicide bombings - Israel; Terrorism - Israel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hamas and suicide terrorism
• ISBN: 1-135-69599-7; 0-203-71814-3; 1-283-96856-8; 1-135-69592-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786151003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: LSE international studies.