Fighting suicide bombing : a worldwide campaign for life

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Title:

Author:

Charny, Israel W.

ISBN:

9780275993368

Personal Author:

Charny, Israel W.

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.

Physical Description:

xxix, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

How can they do it? -- Suicide bombing and its growing place in the world today -- Contradictory image meanings of suicide bombings -- Are suicide bombers a proper subject of psychology? -- The ultimate existential meaning of suicide bombings: the killing of human life -- Facing the dangerous future of civilization honestly -- Is it right to fear and condemn all Muslims? (of course not!) -- Promoting a new worldwide constituency for human life and making suicide bombing unattractive and unacceptable -- A proposal for a "worldwide campaign for life" by the leaders of many religions and other world leaders and heroes.

Subject Term:

Suicide bombers -- Psychology.

Suicide bombings -- Prevention.

Terrorism -- Prevention.

Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.

Martyrdom -- Islam.

Suicide -- Religious aspects -- Islam.

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Summary

How does one effectively fight suicide bombers? What threat do they hold for Western society? How do people who love peace reconcile the need for war? Noted genocide expert Israel W. Charny addresses these questions in this highly personal description of suicide bombings and terror as the opening salvos of a Third World War. Charny first seeks to understand what makes suicide bombers tick, as well as the culture from which they emerge. Taking this understanding of what he calls human evil, he then proposes a hawkish campaign that ultimately emphasizes peace rather than irrational fear.

By deeming suicide bombing and terrorism as necessary subjects in the study of psychology, Charny presents yet another weapon in the war against terrorism-a war that he believes will only escalate without drastic action. Ultimately, he calls for a worldwide campaign for life led by religious and secular leaders across the globe. He concludes the book with a vignette from Islamic culture that speaks nobly to furthering peace and life.