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041			_aeng
050			_aBP190.5 .V56 _bR481 2004
100			_aReuter, Christoph
240			_aMein Leben ist eine Waffe _lEnglish
245			_aMy life is a weapon: _ba modern history of suicide bombing _cChristoph Reuter ; translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby
260			_aPrinceton, NJ _bPrinceton University Press _c2004
300			_aviii, 200 p., 24 cm
520			_a"What kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women - as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons - fall short of the mark. In many cases these modern-day martyrs are well-educated young adults who turn themselves into human bombs willingly and eagerly - to exact revenge on a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive. Suicide assassins are determined to make a difference, for once in their lives, no matter what the cost. As Reuter's many interviews with would-be martyrs, their trainers, friends, and relatives reveal, the bombers are motivated more by how they expect to be remembered - as heroic figures - than by religion-infused visions of a blissful life to come."--BOOK JACKET.
650			_aViolence _xReligious aspects _xIslam
650			_aSuicide bombers
650			_aMartyrdom _xIslam
650			_aIslam and politics
650			_aArab-Israeli conflict