Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror
Categories: Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Violent Extremism
Region: No Region
Year: 2007
Citation: Bloom, Mia. Dying to Kill: The Allure to Suicide Terror. Columbia University Press, 2007.
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Violent Extremism
Region: No Region
Year: 2007
Citation: Bloom, Mia. Dying to Kill: The Allure to Suicide Terror. Columbia University Press, 2007.
Executive Summary
What motivates suicide bombers in Iraq and around the world? Can winning the hearts and minds of local populations stop them? Will the phenomenon spread to the United States? These vital questions are at the heart of this important book. In her chapter focusing on the increasing number of women suicide bombers and terrorists, Bloom examines Sri Lanka, where 33 percent of bombers have been women; Turkey, where the PKK used women feigning pregnancy as bombers; and the role of the Black Widows in the Chechen struggle against Moscow.