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FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS is published. The book can be purchased at all of the usual places, but subscribers to this Newsletter as of February 28, 2006, can order an autographed copy from me at $22 for a limited time only. The book sells on the market for $35. You may place your order by emailing me at rskaine@cfu.net.

Once again you can help promote FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS by:

If you or anyone you know is interested in reviewing this book, please let me know.

Letting your nearby library know about this book, and suggest they order a copy for their shelves. You can print a photo of the book and its description and ordering details at McFarland Publisher’s website: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2615-2.

For your convenience what follows is a description and ordering details:

Female Suicide Bombers
Rosemarie Skaine

ISBN 0-7864-2615-2
photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary, index
235pp. softcover 2006
$35
Available for immediate shipment

Description

Celebrated as liberators and martyrs by those who support their cause, denounced as terrorists by their opponents, suicide bombers have become all too common in violent conflicts worldwide. The female suicide bomber is a relative newcomer to the landscapes of war, but more and more women are being recruited for self-sacrifice.

This work discusses the history of suicide bombing and profiles the female suicide bomber. It raises the question of why women are increasingly used as bombers and explores the Western societal biases that tend to cast women in nonviolent roles. Battlegrounds discussed include Lebanon, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Chechnya, and Israel and Palestine. Because bombers do not operate as individuals but at the direction of organizations, this book also examines the organizations, their scope and training methods. It concludes with a discussion of strategies for the future and advocates continued human rights watch and continued global intervention.

About the Author

Rosemarie Skaine, a sociologist in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has also written Female Genital Mutilation (2005), The Cuban Family (2004), Paternity and American Law (2003), The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (2002), Women College Basketball Coaches (2001), Women at War (1999), A Man of the Twentieth Century (1999) and Power and Gender (1996).

For those subscribers from Nebraska: The book is dedicated to the late John R. Brownell.

Many thanks for your faithful readership. R