Suicide bombing

A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide).

Further reading

• Robert Pape (2005), Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, Random House, ISBN 1400063175
• Diego Gambetta, Editor (2005), Making Sense of Suicide Missions, OUP, ISBN 0199276994
• Farhad Khosrokhavar, translated by David Macey (2005), Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs, Pluto Press, ISBN 0745322832
• Martin Kramer. 1996. Sacrifice and "Self-Martyrdom" in Shi'ite Lebanon.
• Bernard B. Fall. 1966. Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu. Da Capo Press. (References to suicide bombers on pages 352 and 368).
• M.R. Narayan Swamy. 1996. Tigers of Lanka: From Boys to Guerrillas, 2nd Ed. Vijitha Yapa Bookshop (Colombo).
• Dr. Eyad Sarraj. "Why we have become Suicide Bombers".התאבדות
• Gerhart Scheit. 2005. Suicide Attack ISBN 3-924627-87-8 (German)