"What kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women - as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons - fall sho…
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Examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. The author argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation must possess both the financial resources to buy or …
Offers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. Examines every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009. This analysis fundamentally changes how we understand the root causes of the most important terrorist campaigns…
"For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across north-eastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram's campaign of violence against women and girls goes far be…
"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 argues that in many instances the efforts of Israel in the Middle East, Russia in Chechnya, and th…