{"product_id":"the-smile-of-the-human-bomb-new-perspectives-on-suicide-terrorism-hardback-9781501724756","title":"The Smile of the Human Bomb; New Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism (Hardback) 9781501724756","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Smile of the Human Bomb\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGideon Aran (Author), Jeffrey Green (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501724756\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 8 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy departing from the traditional political, military, economic, and theological analyses of terrorism, Aran presents an intriguing and novel view of the issue.\u003c\/p\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cp\u003eA conceptually innovative examination of suicide terrorism.... One of the book's unique contributions is its analysis of suicide terrorism from an anthropological-sociological perspective, based on the author's extensive field research in Israel and the West Bank.... An important contribution to the literature on suicide bombing attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e (Perspectives on Terrorism)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2017, nearly six thousand people were killed in suicide attacks across the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Smile of the Human Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, Gideon Aran dissects the moral logic of the suicide terrorism that led to those deaths. The book is a firsthand examination of the bomb site at the moment of the explosion, during the first few minutes after the explosion, and in the last moments before the explosion. Aran uncovers the suicide bomber's final preparations before embarking on the suicide mission: the border crossing, the journey toward the designated target, penetration into the site, and the behavior of both sides within it. The book sheds light on the truth of the human bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAran's gritty and often disturbing account is built on a foundation of participant observation with squads of pious Jewish volunteers who gather the scorched fragments of the dead after terrorist attacks; newly revealed documents, including interrogation protocols; interviews with Palestinian armed resistance members and retired Israeli counterterrorism agents; observations of failed suicide terrorists in jail; and conversations with the acquaintances of human bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Smile of the Human Bomb \u003c\/i\u003eprovides new insights on the Middle East conflict, political violence, radicalism, victimhood, ritual, and death and unveils a suicide terrorism scene far different from what is conventionally pictured. In the end, Aran discovers, the suicide terrorist is an unremarkable figure, and the circumstances of his or her recruitment and operation are prosaic and often accidental. The smiling human bomb is neither larger than life nor a monster, but an actor on a human scale. And suicide terrorism is a drama in which clichés and chance events play their role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742527582488,"sku":"9781501724756","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-smile-of-the-human-bomb-new-perspectives-on-suicide-terrorism-hardback-9781501724756","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}