2011, ISBN: 1156696224

[EAN: 9781156696224], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles ava… More...

[EAN: 9781156696224], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, Wiki Series, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Russian roulette, Hanging, Defenestration, Asphyxia, Assisted suicide, Suicide attack, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Sati, Drowning, Seppuku, 2011 Algerian self-immolations, Euthanasia device, Suicide booth, Drug overdose, Terminal dehydration, Suicide by cop, Suicide bridge, Suicide bag, Lover's Leap, Exsanguination, The Peaceful Pill Handbook, Multiple gunshot suicide, Suicide pill, The Complete Manual of Suicide, Final Exit, Charcoal-burning suicide, Youth suicide, Falling on a grenade, Consensual homicide, State-assisted suicide, Jumper. Excerpt: A suicide attack (which may include suicide bombings) is a type of attack in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process. In the late 17th century Qing official Yu Yonghe recorded that injured Dutch soldiers fighting against Koxinga's forces for control of Taiwan in 1661 would use gunpowder to blow up both themselves and their opponents rather than be taken prisoner. However, the Chinese observer may have confused such suicidal tactics with the standard Dutch military practice of undermining and blowing up positions recently overrun by the enemy which almost cost Koxinga his life during the siege. During the Belgian Revolution, Dutch Lieutenant Jan van Speijk detonated his own ship in the harbour of Antwerp to prevent its capture by the Belgians. Another example was the Prussian soldier Karl Klinke on 18 April 1864 at the Battle of Dybbol, who died blowing a hole in a Danish fortification. In the 18th century John Paul Jones wrote about Ottoman sailors setting their own ships on fire and ramming the ships of their enemies, although they knew this meant certain death for them. Modern suicide bombing as a political tool can be traced back to the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1881. Alexander fell victim to a Nihilist plot. While driving on on.<

2011, ISBN: 1156696224

Kartoniert / Broschiert SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

2011, ISBN: 1156696224

Kartoniert / Broschiert SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

2011, ISBN: 1156696224

Kartoniert / Broschiert SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Protège-cahier neu, [PU:Books LLC, Reference Series]

ISBN: 9781156696224

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