The path to paradise : the inner world of suicide bombers and their dispatchers

摘要: Suicide bombers are often compared to smart bombs. From the point of view their dispatchers, they highly effective, inexpensive forms weaponry, and there is no need invest in technological development. fact smarter than bombs because can choose own target-and react circumstances on ground, changing target, or timing, an instant, ensure maximum damage, destruction, death. Of course, unlike bombs, suicide think feel, have histories, stories, beliefs, desires-in short, inner world. Exploring world has been focus Anat Berko's research for years. She worked understand thought processes a people who place explosives bodies kill themselves, taking as many other with them can. Do male really believe that death will transport paradise where be greeted by virgins? Are victims unbearable pressure commit this act terror? What female promised hereafter? Is something links all bombers? Berko also explores those drop bomb-the dispatchers: these persuade others go calmly horrific deaths?