Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat.

Contemporary discourse on suicide terrrorism is dominated by two approaches. One focuses on the study of individuals who become suicide bombers and the other examines the terrorist groups that adopt suicide terrorism as their modus opernadi. This dissertation accepts the finding of the first approac...

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Main Author: Lim, Kheng Siang.
Other Authors: Tan, Andrew Tian Huat
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Published: 2008
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-142822020-11-01T08:23:52Z Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat. Lim, Kheng Siang. Tan, Andrew Tian Huat S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Terrorism Contemporary discourse on suicide terrrorism is dominated by two approaches. One focuses on the study of individuals who become suicide bombers and the other examines the terrorist groups that adopt suicide terrorism as their modus opernadi. This dissertation accepts the finding of the first approach which points out that suicide bombers are motivated by a variety of very rational reasons into sacrificing their lives. Master of Science (Strategic Studies) 2008-11-13T09:16:32Z 2008-11-13T09:16:32Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14282 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Lim, Kheng Siang.
Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat.
description Contemporary discourse on suicide terrrorism is dominated by two approaches. One focuses on the study of individuals who become suicide bombers and the other examines the terrorist groups that adopt suicide terrorism as their modus opernadi. This dissertation accepts the finding of the first approach which points out that suicide bombers are motivated by a variety of very rational reasons into sacrificing their lives.
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title Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat.
title_short Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat.
title_full Suicide terrorism : understanding the nature of the threat.
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