@article{685308,
      recid = {685308},
      author = {Lewis, Jeffrey William,},
      title = {The business of martyrdom a history of suicide bombing /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Naval Institute Press,},
      address = {Annapolis, Md. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 346 p.) :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"The only comprehensive history available of suicide  bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the current  day, The Business of Martyrdom examines the bombers, their  societies, and the organizations that train and sponsor  them. Writing for a broad audience, Lewis draws on the  history and philosophy of technology in order to explain  the evolution and diffusion of suicide bombing across time  and from region to region. Lewis presents a model for  suicide bombing that integrates individual psychology,  organizational motivations, and social support. He argues  that suicide bombing is a technology that has been invented  and re-invented at different times in different areas, but  always for the same purpose: resolving a mismatch in  military capabilities between antagonists by utilizing the  available cultural and human resources."--Book jacket.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/685308},
}