What Motivates a Suicide Bombers ?

by Lauri S. Friedman

Book Overview

Most people cannot fathom what motivates a person to become a suicide bomber. In recent years, suicide bombers have been both men and women who leave behind spouses and children. They have been wealthy and poor, free and oppressed, religious and non-religious. This At Issue explores the influence of religion, economics, politics, and technology on people who become willing to give their lives for terror.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737723211
• ISBN13: 9780737723212
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

Why Terrorist Perform Suicide Attacks

This small book contains twelve essays by people with diverse political views analyze the thinking of terrorists who commit suicide to attack their enemies. The authors examine the role of the Islamic religion, politics, nationalism, anti-Semitism, and other social causes. There is a discussion of how children and woman are recruited for war. This would make a good addition to any High School library.