Driven to death

"The deepest study yet of one of the least understood phenomena of our time. A scholarly work that read like a page-turner."--Bob Simon, CBS News Chief Middle Eastern correspondent and recipient of the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting. "Driven to Death is as thorough, balanced, and lucid an application of social science to the important problem of terrorism as I have seen. Merari has addressed the questions of motivation and capacity for a suicide attack at an individual, terrorist group, and societal level. He considers each level essential to a campaign of suicidal terrorism. He has summoned all the available factual evidence and done extensive empirial research himself to supplement the often spotty record of what is known reliably. He reviews, respectfully but critically, every theory that has been used to explain `ordinary' suicide or suicide terrorism -- bringing to bear extermely careful judgements about the evidence. All this is done with alacrity and an ease of style that makes the reader fascinated with his use of both theory and social science. Needless to say, the suicide bomber is the weapon we now fear most and from which we call on governments most passionately for pro tection. Our protectors everywhere should by reading Driven to Death. So should every social scientist trying to address persuasively a multifaceted issue of policy."--Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard University, Deputy Attorney General, U. S. Department of Justice, 1993-1994. "Driven to Death is a major contribution to the literature on suicide terrorism by a scholar who has tracked this phenomenon for over a quarter of a century. It presents one of the most detailed and insightful analyses of suicide terrorism available and is essential reading for those wishing to understand the terrorist mindset."--Bruce Hoffman, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. "Based on year of meticulous research and rigorous analysis, Ariel Merari's excellent stud sheds new light on the psychological motivations for Palestinian suicide bombings and ably situates the case in its wider historical context. His authoritative and richly-documented account undermines the dominant consensus that volunteers for suicide missions are not distinguishable from their peers but confirms that the key to prevention lies in changing the attitudes of an approving community."--Martha Crenshaw, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Co

שנה

2010

שפה

English

הוצאה

Oxford University Press

מהדורות

3

עמודים

315

ISBN

9780195181029

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