Dying to be martyrs: The symbolic dimension of suicide terrorism

Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 54-80

  Hafez, Mohammed M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203964910     Document Type: Chapter

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