CONTENTS

 

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on Proper Names

INTRODUCTION: The Human Use of Human Beings

PART I: Innovation

1.Martyrdom as Innovation: The Invention of Suicide Bombing in Imperial Russia

2.The Weapon of Martyrdom: Lebanon, 1981–1985

3.Martyrdom and Control: The Reinvention of Suicide Bombing by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

PART II: Diffusion

4.Trial Runs: The Provisional IRA and the Workers’ Party of Kurdistan

5.Managing Martyrdom, Part I: Palestinian Suicide Bombing in the 1990s

6.Managing Martyrdom, Part II: Palestinian Suicide Bombing in the Second Intifada and After, 2000–2010

PART III: Commodification

7.Globalized Martyrdom: The Jihadi Movement and Suicide Bombing after 9/11

8.The Business of Martyrdom

CONCLUSION: Authentic Martyrdom

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index