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Suicide Warfare
Suicide warfare has expanded over the years and become a global phenomenon. In some parts of the world, it has become rooted in the fabric of society. Westerners often find it difficult to grasp why someone would be willing to sacrifice their life in order to take the lives of others. Suicide Warfare: Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon provides a thorough examination of the topic that enables readers to understand the justification for suicide warfare and better appreciate how the ideology of the individuals and organizations that resort to suicide warfare greatly complicates security issues in the 21st century.The book covers the policies, strategies, and effects of suicide in war, examining suicide warfare in its entirety from a theoretical standpoint, and then applying those theories to the actual manifestations of and politico-military responses to suicide warfare. The author discusses specific organizations such as Al Qaeda and the Chechen rebels, analyzing each within its societal context, military justification, individual motivation, and outcomes, and addresses principles of sociological and conflict theory to place suicide warfare in a clearer conceptual framework. The book presents case studies that allow readers to better understand abstract theories and make distinctions between individual cases of suicide warfare.
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NEITHER AFGHAN NOR ISLAM
This contribution to a \"Symposium on 11 September 2001: Terrorism, Islam and the West\" discusses the aftereffects of the terrorist attacks, including the US-led strikes against Osama bin Laden & the Taliban & the failure of all Islamic peoples to respond to the Taliban's exhortations to jihad. The Taliban's repressive & brutal regime, counter to its claims otherwise, was not Islamic, especially in its treatment of women. Nor was bin Laden viewed by Afghanis or most Muslims as one acting in their interests. George W. Bush was successful in encouraging American tolerance & understanding of Muslims both in the US & abroad, & most Islamic leaders echoed his invocations of unity & nondiscrimination. K. Coddon
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