Suicide warfare culture, the military, and the individual as a weapon / Rosemarie Skaine.
| Author/creator | Skaine, Rosemarie |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, |
| Description | xv, 337 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare -- Defining suicide warfare -- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts -- Suicide and policies of war -- Strategies of suicide warfare -- Effects of suicide warfare -- Case studies -- Japan's kamikaze pilots -- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel -- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers -- Chechen separatists -- Al Qaeda -- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war -- Appendix: Documents -- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine" -- B. President Barack Obama acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009, "Just War" - excerpt -- Al Qaeda's seven stages plan -- Chechen separatist note of demands to President Putin, August 30, 2004 -- E. The killing of Osama bin Laden -- F. Osama bin Laden's Last Letter, Late May 2010, to Shaykh Mahmud ("Atiyya") - Excerpt. |
| General note | "Praeger security international." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-327) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012035383 |
| ISBN | 9780313398643 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780313398650 (ebook) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |