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AuthorReuter, Christoph.Uniform TitleMein Leben ist eine Waffe. English
TitleMy life is a weapon : a modern history of suicide bombing / Christoph Reuter ; translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby.PublishedPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004.FormatBook
Descriptionviii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.

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NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index.
ContentsIntroduction : the power of the powerless, the powerlessness of the powerful -- Chap. 1. The original assassins : a history of faith and power in the Islamic world -- Chap. 2. A key to paradise around their necks : Iran’s suicide battalions -- Chap. 3. The marketing strategies of martyrdom : Hezbollah in Lebanon -- Chap. 4. Israel and Palestine : the culture of death -- Chap. 5. Suicide or martyrdom? : modern Islam and the feud of the Fatwas -- Chap. 6. Bushido replaces Allahu akbar : the Japanese Kamikaze -- Chap. 7. The parasites of anger : al-Qaeda and the Islamist Internationale -- Chap. 8. Separatist movements and female suicide bombers : the cases of Sri Lanka and Kurdistan -- Chap. 9. After martyrdom : recent developments in Iran -- Notes -- Index.
Language NoteTranslated from the German.
ISBN0691117594 (alk. paper)9780691117591 (alk. paper)0691126151 (pbk.)9780691126159 (pbk.)SubjectViolence -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Suicide bombers.
Martyrdom -- Islam.
Islam and politics.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Violence -- Aspect religieux -- Islam.
Kamikazes (Attentats-suicides)
Martyre -- Islam.
Islamisme.
Conflit israélo-arabe.

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