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- catalog abstract ""In this expose of the political and cultural forces now pressing Palestinian women into martyrdom, investigative journalist Victor identifies what she calls "a new level of cynicism" that has destroyed normal, everyday existence in the Middle East, along with the possibility for lasting peace. Tracing the roots of the women's resistance movement back to so-called personal initiative attacks and a brief period of empowerment in the 1980s before religious leaders clamped down, Victor shows how the current generation of Palestinian women has been courted and cajoled into committing these self-destructive and murderous acts." "By presenting the intimate personal history of the first five female bombers who have succeeded in blowing themselves up, as well as the troubling stories of some of those who've tried and failed, the author reveals not only the crushing poverty and religious zealotry that one might suspect as motivating factors in their fall, but also a startling emotional component to their death wishes: their broken dreams and blighted inner lives. Victor shows, without dismissing or diminishing the horror of their actions, how far a person can be pushed when she is convinced she has nothing to lose."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12940426.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""By presenting the intimate personal history of the first five female bombers who have succeeded in blowing themselves up, as well as the troubling stories of some of those who've tried and failed, the author reveals not only the crushing poverty and religious zealotry that one might suspect as motivating factors in their fall, but also a startling emotional component to their death wishes: their broken dreams and blighted inner lives. Victor shows, without dismissing or diminishing the horror of their actions, how far a person can be pushed when she is convinced she has nothing to lose."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In this expose of the political and cultural forces now pressing Palestinian women into martyrdom, investigative journalist Victor identifies what she calls "a new level of cynicism" that has destroyed normal, everyday existence in the Middle East, along with the possibility for lasting peace. Tracing the roots of the women's resistance movement back to so-called personal initiative attacks and a brief period of empowerment in the 1980s before religious leaders clamped down, Victor shows how the current generation of Palestinian women has been courted and cajoled into committing these self-destructive and murderous acts."".
- catalog extent "xii, 300 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Army of roses.".
- catalog identifier "157954830X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Army of roses.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Emmaus, Pa.?] : Rodale,".
- catalog relation "Army of roses.".
- catalog spatial "Gaza Strip.".
- catalog spatial "Israel.".
- catalog spatial "West Bank.".
- catalog subject "956.9405/4 21".
- catalog subject "Arab-Israeli conflict 1993-".
- catalog subject "HV6433.I75 V53 2003".
- catalog subject "Suicide bombings Gaza Strip.".
- catalog subject "Suicide bombings Israel.".
- catalog subject "Suicide bombings West Bank.".
- catalog subject "Women suicide bombers Gaza Strip.".
- catalog subject "Women suicide bombers Israel.".
- catalog subject "Women suicide bombers West Bank.".
- catalog subject "Women, Palestinian Arab Gaza Strip.".
- catalog subject "Women, Palestinian Arab West Bank.".
- catalog title "Army of roses : inside the world of Palestinian women suicide bombers / Barbara Victor ; foreword by Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Paris bureau chief and Middle East editor.".
- catalog type "text".