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  • Aran, Gideon, author.
     
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  • Suicide bombers -- Israel.
     
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  • Suicide bombings -- Israel.
     
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  • Terrorists -- Suicidal behavior -- Israel.
     
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  • Palestinian Arabs -- Suicidal behavior -- Israel.
     
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  • Victims of terrorism -- Israel.
     
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  • Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-
     
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    The smile of the human bomb : new perspectives on suicide terrorism / Gideon Aran ; translated by Jeffrey Green.
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    Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
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  • Suicide bombers -- Israel.
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  • Suicide bombings -- Israel.
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  • Terrorists -- Suicidal behavior -- Israel.
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  • Palestinian Arabs -- Suicidal behavior -- Israel.
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  • Victims of terrorism -- Israel.
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  • Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-
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    9781501724756 hardcover ; alkaline paper :
    1501724754 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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    xxxviii, 336 pages ; 24 cm
    Contents: 
    Preface : Anna and ʻAbed -- Glossary -- Suicide terrorism revisited : introductory notes -- Accidental monsters, unlikely heroes (A) -- Accidental monsters, unlikely heroes (B) -- Anatomy of suicide operation -- Passing : overlooked aspect of suicide terrorism -- Middle Eastern twist -- Ritual coproduction : victimizer, victim and sacrifice -- Research strategy : sources and methods -- Concluding analytical notes -- Afterword : two attacks on our moral order.
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    "Real time close-range anthropological study of Palestinian suicide terrorism in Israel during the Intifada, focusing on the arena of explosion where the disguised aggressor and the prospective victims meet, based on an unconventional research methods and hitherto classified primary sources, revising discussion of the strategic logic of suicide terrorism and offering original insights into its moral logic"--
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