Table of Contents:
• Section I: The Suicide Bomber in a Western Urban Environment.
• Introduction: The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombing.
• The Act: How Does a Suicide Bomber Operate?
• The Past: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing.
• Section II A Suicide Bomber’s Motives.
• Motives I: Why Someone Becomes a Suicide Bomber.
• Motives II: Why Do Women Become Suicide Bombers?
• Leaving the Women at Home.
• Section III Evaluating Suicide Bombing.
• 9/11 I: The Worst Suicide Bombing Ever.
• 9/11 II: More than We Can Bear.
• Plusses and Minuses: Advantages and Constraints for Suicide Bombers.
• Effectiveness: What Makes a Suicide Bombing Successful?
• Weaponry: The Armaments of Suicide Bombers.
• Section IV Defending against Suicide Bombings.
• Responses to 9/11: Federal Government.
• Responses to 9/11: The New York City Police Department.
• Detection: What Makes a Suicide Bomber Seem Suspicious?
• Reducing Casualties: Private Security Guards and Hardening Buildings.
• Suicide Bombings: Law Enforcement Successes and Failures.
• Israel: The Military Weapon.
• Section V Key Players.
• First Responders I: Police Officers and Bomb Techs.
• First Responders II: Intelligence, Forensics, and Investigative Officers.
• Media: Creating Perceptions of Suicide Bombings.
• Mental Health: When Too Much Is Too Much.
• Battling the Suicide Bomber: Our Recommendations.
• Index.