"Suicide attacks are a defining act of political violence and an extraordinary social phenomenon. This book investigates the organizers of suicide missions and the perpetrators alike"--Provided by publisher.

Originally published: 2005.

Kamikaze, 1943-5 /Peter Hill -- Tamil tigers, 1987-2002 / Stephen Hopgood -- Palestinians, 1981-2003 / Luca Ricolfi -- Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001 / Stephen Holmes -- Dying without killing : self-immolations, 1963-2002 / Michael Biggs -- Killing without dying : the absence of suicide missions / Stathis Kalyvas, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Motivations and beliefs in suicide missions / Jon Elster -- Can we make sense of suicide missions? / Diego Gambetta.