Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

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Overview

Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs is the first post-September 11 book to examine women's multifarious roles in terrorist organizations of all stripes around the world. It covers political, religious, ethno-separatist, and Maoist groups in countries as diverse as Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Colombia, South Africa, the Philippines, and Northern Ireland.

Modeling terrorist organizations as purposive organizations that depend for support, recruitment, and rationale on a culturally defined community of sympathizers, the authors explore why women become involved in terrorist groups, how terrorist leaders turn the societal attributes of women to advantage in designing terrorist campaigns, and how women fight for the right to assume strategic and combat roles in terrorist groups. The authors conclude with a review and projection of the rapidly evolving trends in the use of women in terrorist organizations, paying particular attention to al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups and considering the implications of their findings for counterterrorist strategies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313059445
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 06/08/2009
Series: Praeger Security International
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 142
File size: 216 KB

About the Author

R. Kim Cragin is an international policy analyst at RAND Corporation.

Sara A. Daly is an international policy analyst at RAND Corporation.

What People are Saying About This

Mia Bloom Associate professor Pennsylvania Stat Terror

"Cragin and Daly have written an important and insightful book that delves into the oft-misunderstood side of terrorism, the role of women. More so than any existing work in the field, this book's innovative approach to understanding the varied roles women play shows both the complexity of involvement in terrorism and the pivotal role played by female operatives. The authors show how logisticians can be as important as front line activists and constitute the 'unsung heroines' of a terrorist movement, without whom the group could not properly function. The book provides an excellent analysis of terrorist motivation overall. Cragin and Daly also challenge conventional wisdom that women involved in terrorist movements are defective in some way, showing how women even in patriarchal cultures are both the standard bearers of culture and leaders in their own right. A must read for anyone interested in terrorism and the increasing role played by women."

Mia Bloom Associate professor Pennsylvania State University Author of Dying to Kill: the Allure

"Cragin and Daly have written an important and insightful book that delves into the oft-misunderstood side of terrorism, the role of women. More so than any existing work in the field, this book's innovative approach to understanding the varied roles women play shows both the complexity of involvement in terrorism and the pivotal role played by female operatives. The authors show how logisticians can be as important as front line activists and constitute the 'unsung heroines' of a terrorist movement, without whom the group could not properly function. The book provides an excellent analysis of terrorist motivation overall. Cragin and Daly also challenge conventional wisdom that women involved in terrorist movements are defective in some way, showing how women even in patriarchal cultures are both the standard bearers of culture and leaders in their own right. A must read for anyone interested in terrorism and the increasing role played by women."

Mia BloomAssociate professor Pennsylvania State UniversityAuthor of Dying to Kill: the Allure of


"Cragin and Daly have written an important and insightful book that delves into the oft-misunderstood side of terrorism, the role of women. More so than any existing work in the field, this book's innovative approach to understanding the varied roles women play shows both the complexity of involvement in terrorism and the pivotal role played by female operatives. The authors show how logisticians can be as important as front line activists and constitute the 'unsung heroines' of a terrorist movement, without whom the group could not properly function. The book provides an excellent analysis of terrorist motivation overall. Cragin and Daly also challenge conventional wisdom that women involved in terrorist movements are defective in some way, showing how women even in patriarchal cultures are both the standard bearers of culture and leaders in their own right. A must read for anyone interested in terrorism and the increasing role played by women."

Mia Bloom Associate professor Pennsylvania State University Author of Dying to Kill: the Allure

"Cragin and Daly have written an important and insightful book that delves into the oft-misunderstood side of terrorism, the role of women. More so than any existing work in the field, this book's innovative approach to understanding the varied roles women play shows both the complexity of involvement in terrorism and the pivotal role played by female operatives. The authors show how logisticians can be as important as front line activists and constitute the 'unsung heroines' of a terrorist movement, without whom the group could not properly function. The book provides an excellent analysis of terrorist motivation overall. Cragin and Daly also challenge conventional wisdom that women involved in terrorist movements are defective in some way, showing how women even in patriarchal cultures are both the standard bearers of culture and leaders in their own right. A must read for anyone interested in terrorism and the increasing role played by women."

Mia BloomAssociate professor Pennsylvania State UniversityAuthor of Dying to Kill: the Allure of


"Cragin and Daly have written an important and insightful book that delves into the oft-misunderstood side of terrorism, the role of women. More so than any existing work in the field, this book's innovative approach to understanding the varied roles women play shows both the complexity of involvement in terrorism and the pivotal role played by female operatives. The authors show how logisticians can be as important as front line activists and constitute the 'unsung heroines' of a terrorist movement, without whom the group could not properly function. The book provides an excellent analysis of terrorist motivation overall. Cragin and Daly also challenge conventional wisdom that women involved in terrorist movements are defective in some way, showing how women even in patriarchal cultures are both the standard bearers of culture and leaders in their own right. A must read for anyone interested in terrorism and the increasing role played by women."

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