The Resource The price of Paradise : how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age, Iain Overton
The price of Paradise : how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age, Iain Overton
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- Summary
- We live in the age of the suicide bomber. The suicide bomb itself takes more lives than any other type of explosive weapon. Moreover, in the last 5 years more people have been killed by suicide attacks than at any other time in history. How has this descent deep into the heart of terror escalated in such a way? What drives people to blow themselves up and what are the consequences? More importantly perhaps, what can be done to combat the rising spread of this form of violence? Investigative journalist Iain Overton addresses the fundamental drivers of modern day suicide attacks in this fascinating and important book, showing how the suicide bomber has played a pivotal role in the evolution of some of the most defining forces of the modern age - from Communism and the Cold War, to the modern day War on Terror. Interviewing Russian anarchists, Japanese kamikazes, Hezbollah militants, survivors of suicide bombings and countless other sources of valuable information, while travelling to places such as Iran, Iraq and Pakistan, Overton skilfully combines historical narrative, travelogue, interviews and testimonies, and brings his research alive thanks to potent facts and visceral storytelling
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 536 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Utopia's weapon
- Divive winds
- The rise of the martyr
- Back to barbarism
- Death in Paradise
- A house in Heaven
- The Devil's face
- Global Jihad
- The state of terror
- On Europe's shores
- Inner demons
- The mountains of victims
- Endless war
- Police states
- Generation terror
- Paradise lost
- Isbn
- 9781787470866
- Label
- The price of Paradise : how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age
- Title
- The price of Paradise
- Title remainder
- how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age
- Statement of responsibility
- Iain Overton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- We live in the age of the suicide bomber. The suicide bomb itself takes more lives than any other type of explosive weapon. Moreover, in the last 5 years more people have been killed by suicide attacks than at any other time in history. How has this descent deep into the heart of terror escalated in such a way? What drives people to blow themselves up and what are the consequences? More importantly perhaps, what can be done to combat the rising spread of this form of violence? Investigative journalist Iain Overton addresses the fundamental drivers of modern day suicide attacks in this fascinating and important book, showing how the suicide bomber has played a pivotal role in the evolution of some of the most defining forces of the modern age - from Communism and the Cold War, to the modern day War on Terror. Interviewing Russian anarchists, Japanese kamikazes, Hezbollah militants, survivors of suicide bombings and countless other sources of valuable information, while travelling to places such as Iran, Iraq and Pakistan, Overton skilfully combines historical narrative, travelogue, interviews and testimonies, and brings his research alive thanks to potent facts and visceral storytelling
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- 10763399
- Cataloging source
- YDX
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- Overton, Iain
- Dewey number
- 363.325
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Suicide bombings
- Suicide bombings
- Terrorism
- Terrorists
- Suicide bombers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The price of Paradise : how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age, Iain Overton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Prologue -- Utopia's weapon -- Divive winds -- The rise of the martyr -- Back to barbarism -- Death in Paradise -- A house in Heaven -- The Devil's face -- Global Jihad -- The state of terror -- On Europe's shores -- Inner demons -- The mountains of victims -- Endless war -- Police states -- Generation terror -- Paradise lost
- Control code
- 000065145156
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 536 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787470866
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091997317
- Label
- The price of Paradise : how the suicide bomber shaped the modern age, Iain Overton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Utopia's weapon -- Divive winds -- The rise of the martyr -- Back to barbarism -- Death in Paradise -- A house in Heaven -- The Devil's face -- Global Jihad -- The state of terror -- On Europe's shores -- Inner demons -- The mountains of victims -- Endless war -- Police states -- Generation terror -- Paradise lost
- Control code
- 000065145156
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 536 pages
- Isbn
- 9781787470866
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091997317
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