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Article: My Life is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing.
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- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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My Life is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing. By Christoph Reuter translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. 179 pages, 2004. Reviewed by Lieutenant Commander YoussefAboul-Enein, MSC, USN.
Christoph Reuter is an international correspondent for the German magazine Stern. He spent eight years moving among the society that produced suicide brigades for the Iran-Iraq War of the '80s. He reporter and interviewed whole communities from Lebanon's Hizballah and Palestinian militants to Sri Lankan Tamils, investigating the culture of martyrdom. Originally published in German as Mein Leben ist eine Waffe, it offers insights into ...