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Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror Hardcover - 2005

by Mia Bloom


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Mia Bloom examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and assesses the effectiveness of government responses. She begins with a review of the long history of terrorism, from the Japanese kamikazes during World War II, to the Palestinian, Tamil, Iraqi, and Chechen terrorists of today. Bloom explores how suicide terror is used to instill public fear, attract international news coverage, gain support for terrorist causes, and create solidarity or competition between disparate terrorist organizations. She also considers how terrorist groups learn from one another, how they respond to counterterror tactics, and where they receive their funding, and a new preface features an in-depth study of modern-day Pakistan, Somalia, and Iraq. Bloom boldly contends that social and political motivations inspire suicide bombers, and she develops a theory explaining why terrorist tactics work in some instances and fail in others.

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  • Title Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror
  • Author Mia Bloom
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Date 2005-05-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780231133203 / 0231133200
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.32 x 0.8 in (24.08 x 16.05 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Terrorism, Non-governmental organizations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004063474
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.625

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 06/01/2005, Page 107
  • Multicultural Review, 05/01/2006, Page 81
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/09/2005, Page 59

About the author

Mia Bloom is an assistant professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and member of the Council of World Affairs. She has published numerous articles on war, terrorism, and ethnic conflict, and her research investigates atrocities across several regions, contrasting the Middle East with South Asia, Europe, and Africa. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Crail, Scotland.
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