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Cutting the Fuse offers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. Robert A. Pape and James K. Feldman have examined every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009, and the insights they have gleaned from that data fundamentally challenge how we understand the root causes of terrorist campaigns today—and reveal why the War on Terror has been ultimately counterproductive. Through a close analysis of suicide campaigns by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Israel, Chechnya, and Sri
Why focus on suicide terrorism -- Analytic overview -- Why occupation ignites suicide terrorism -- What really motivates transnational suicide terrorists -- The largest suicide terrorist campaigns -- Iraq -- Afghanistan -- Pakistan -- Al Qaeda -- Lebanon -- Israel and Palestine -- Chechnya -- Sri Lanka -- The end of fear, the beginning of understanding
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