Thesis (M.S.) -- National Defense University, 2007. / AD-A468 858. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1961. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-131).

Thesis (M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy)--Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2007. / Title from title screen; viewed on July 9, 2007. "May 2007." Electronic version of original print document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-73).

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Johnson, Thomas H. ; Hafez, Mohammed M. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Suicide terrorism, female suicide bombers, martyrdom, constructivism, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, counterinsurgency, insurgency, Pashtun, Taliban, Haqqani Network, Tamil, LTTE, Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-156). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2008. / "March 2008." AD-A479 790. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121). Also available via the World Wide Web.

The paper deals with the phenomenon of suicide bombers. Terrorism is very serious problem of the modern world. Economics is the social science that studies human behaviour. So this science should be able to explain this extreme behaviour. The key goal of this paper is to describe the suicide attacks as rational action. The paper consists of two parts. The first part deals with the term rationality in economics and its alternative aproach. The second part is about suicide bombers. I have chosen islamic suicide bombers as a object of my work. The social profile of the suicide bombers is studied and the conection between education and wealth on the one hand and propensity to perpetrate the suicide attack on the other hand is discussed.

The purpose of this study seeks to uncover the relationship between the political objectives of the primary Palestinian political entities, the methods used by those entities to pursue their goals, and the socio-cultural fluctuation vis-á-vis the acceptability of, and participation in, suicide terrorism that has occured as a result.

<p>De konflikter som finns idag skiljer sig markant från dem som står att läsa om i historieböckerna. Det är numera ovanligt med stater som krigar mot varandra. Istället är det de små organisationerna med ambition om att förändra världen som idag utgör det största hotet mot vårt samhälle. Fienden är annorlunda men i många fall används fortfarande samma militära medel och strategi idag som i de mellanstatliga krigen. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka till vilken grad strategiskt bombflyg kan användas i COIN-operationer eller om det är ett militärt medel som endast är applicerbart på mellanstatliga konflikter. Detta avser jag uppnå genom att först undersöka vad som är unikt för en insurgency, sedan vilka förmågor som det strategiska bombflyget har och till sist koppla detta till en känd teoretisk modell om det strategiska bombflyget i konventionell krigföring. Resultatet visar att det är mycket svårt att använda strategiskt bombflyg i COIN-operationer på etteffektivt sätt. Terrorist- och rebellorganisationer skiljer sig markant från hur stater är uppbygda och fungerar. De strategiska målen är färre och dessutom mycket svåra att definera och komma åt. Dessa små organisationer är rörliga och smälter in i den omgivning de opererar i. För att strategiskt bombflyg skall vara effektivt måste det finnas ett brett och uppdaterat informationsunderlag och antalet civila offer måste hållas till ett minimum.</p> / <p>The conflicts of today differ markedly from those which are depicted in history books. It is now rare that states wage war with each other. Instead, it is the small organizations with ambitions to change the world which today constitute the biggest threat to our society. The enemy is different but in many cases the military forces and strategy used in inter-state wars remain the same. The purpose of this paper is to examine to what extent strategic bombers can be used in COIN operations, or if they are a military instrument only applicable on intergovernmental conflicts. This I intend to achieve by first examining what is unique about an insurgency, then what abilities the strategic bomber aircraft possess and eventually connect it to a known theoretical model of the use of strategic bomber aircraft in conventional warfare. The result shows that it is very difficult to use strategic bombers in COIN operations in an effective way. A terrorist or insurgent organization is markedly different from the way states are built-up and functioning. The strategic targets are fewer, and very difficult to define and access. These small organizations are mobile and blend in with the environment they operate in. For Strategic bombers to be effective there must be a broad and updated information base and the number of civiliancasualties must be kept to a minimum.</p>