Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It - Rilegato

Pape, Robert Anthony; Feldman, James K.

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ISBN 10: 0226645606 ISBN 13: 9780226645605

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2010

Riassunto

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 Lanka, the authors provide powerful new evidence that, contrary to popular and dangerously mistaken belief, only a tiny minority of these attacks are motivated solely by religion. Instead, the root cause is foreign military occupation, which triggers secular and religious people alike to carry out suicide attacks.Cutting the Fuse calls for new, effective solutions that America and its allies can sustain for decades, relying less on ground troops in Muslim countries and more on offshore, over-the-horizon military forces along with political and economic strategies that empower local communities to stop terrorists in their midst.

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L'autore:

Robert A. Pape is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and the author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism and Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War.
James K. Feldman was professor of decision analysis and economics at the Air Force Institute of Technology and the School of Advanced Airpower Studies.

Product Description:

Book by Pape Robert A Feldman James K

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0226645606
• ISBN 13: 9780226645605
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 349