Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror

Mia Bloom

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Paper, 280 pages, 16 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-13321-0
$23.95 / £16.95

May, 2005
Cloth, 280 pages, 16 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-13320-3
$75.00 / £52.00

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Historical Antecedents of Terror

Chapter 2. Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Support, Market Share and Outbidding

Chapter 3. Ethnic Conflict, State Terror and Suicide Bombing in Sri Lanka

Chapter 4.Devising a Theory of Suicide Terror

Chapter 5. Halting Suicide Terror from Within: the PKK in Turkey

Chapter 6. Terror 101: Transnational Contagion Effects of Suicide Bombing

Chapter 7. Feminism, Rape and War: Engendering Suicide Terror?

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Prospects for the Future: Will Iraq Cause Suicide Terror at Home?

Appendix

Notes

Index

About the Author

Mia Bloom is an assistant professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and member of the Council of World Affairs. She has published numerous articles on war, terrorism, and ethnic conflict, and her research investigates atrocities across several regions, contrasting the Middle East with South Asia, Europe, and Africa. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Crail, Scotland.

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