Understanding suicide terrorism : psychosocial dynamics / edited by Updesh Kumar, Manas K. Mandal.

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The book is a comprehensive compilation of articles by experts in the field of suicide terrorism from across the world and across disciplines with a focus on suicide missions. It provides an insightful perspective on suicide terror as a phenomenon and as a process, and suggests psychosocial pathways...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kumar, Updesh (Editor)
Mandal, Manas K. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2014.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Psychological aspects.
Terrorists > Suicidal behavior.
Suicide bombers.
Suicide bombings.
Physical Description:xix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Section I: Suicide Terrorism: A Phenomenon
  • Suicide terrorism: Delineating the construct / Swati Mukherjee, Updesh Kumar, and Manas K. Mandal
  • Suicide terrorism explained: A psychosocial approach / Luis de la Corte Ibanez
  • Evolutionary psychological science suicide terrorism / James R. Liddle and Todd K. Shacklford
  • Suicide terrorism as social noise: A communicative perspective / Jonathan Matusitz
  • 'Mumbai style': Exploration of a concept / Mark Dechesne
  • Suicide bombings: Homicidal killing or a weapon of war? / Riaz Hassan
  • Section II: Suicide terrorism: A process
  • The psychology of suicide terrorism / Jerrold M. Post, Farhana Ali, Schuyler W. Henderson, Stephen Shanfield, Jeff Victoroff, and Stevan Weine
  • The militant Jihandi ideology of martyrdom as short-lived psychological first aid for trauma and loss / Anne Speckhard
  • Are suicide terrorists suicidal? / Bruce Bongar, Uri Kugel, and Victoria Kendrick
  • the role of military psychologists and psychiatrists in understanding suicide terrorism / Uri Kugel, Laurie Black, Joseph Tomlins, Elvin Sheykhani, Bruce Bongar, Morgan Banks, and Larry James
  • The use and abuse of children/youth in terrorism and suicide bombing / Edna Erez and Anat Berko
  • Deterring suicide terrorism / Dushyant Singh.