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Suicide Attack Tactics

Suicide Attack Tactics is a strategic methodology within asymmetric warfare characterized by the deliberate use of attackers who intentionally sacrifice their own lives to maximize destructive impact, psychological terror, and media visibility, thereby distinguishing it from other tactical operations by the intrinsic reliance on the perpetrator's self-annihilation as a core operational mechanism.

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39

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Terrorism, Signaling, and Suicide Attack

Bruce Hoffman, Gordon H. McCormick · Studies in Conflict and Terrorism · 2004 · 227 citations

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altruism and fatalism: the characteristics of palestinian suicide terrorists

Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger, Leonard Weinberg · Deviant Behavior · 2003 · 142 citations

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Suicide Bombing as a Strategic Weapon: An Empirical Investigation of Hamas and Islamic Jihad

Dipak K. Gupta, Kusum Mundra · Terrorism and Political Violence · 2005 · 99 citations

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Foreign Military Interventions and Suicide Attacks

Seung-Whan Choi, James A. Piazza · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 2015 · 86 citations

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Design, Inference, and the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

Scott Ashworth, Joshua D. Clinton, Adam Meirowitz et al. · American Political Science Review · 2008 · 70 citations

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Authors

39

  1. DT
    Domenico Tosini

    University of Trento, Italy

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. AF
    Andra Filote

    Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. HW
    Heinrich W. Ursprung

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  4. NP
    Niklas Potrafke

    Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  5. JM
    Jude McCulloch

    Institute of Criminology, Slovenia

    1 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

31

  1. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    125 citations

  2. Naval Postgraduate School

    Monterey, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    239 citations

  3. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  5. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    102 citations

  6. Film Independent

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    280 citations

  8. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

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Venues

  1. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    5 publications · 401 citations

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  2. Terrorism and Political Violence

    3 publications · 130 citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 74 citations

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  4. American Political Science Review

    1 publications · 70 citations

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  5. Theory Culture & Society

    1 publications · 28 citations

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