The Price of Paradise

An immensely readable and important book. Overton writes with great sensitivity and perception. - Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global Studies and author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence In an exceptional piece of work, Ian Overton subjects the suicide bomber to his seasoned investigative skills from pre-revolutionary Russia to the present day. - Jon Snow An immensely readable and important book. Overton writes with great sensitivity and perception. - Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global Studies and author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence In an exceptional piece of work, Ian Overton subjects the suicide bomber to his seasoned investigative skills from pre-revolutionary Russia to the present day. - Jon Snow A must-read book on the most frightening phenomenon of the modern age ... Fascinating. - Sunday Times An informative book on a timely topic that demands critical scrutiny. - Evening Standard An immensely readable and important book. Overton writes with great sensitivity and perception. - Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global Studies and author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence Iain Overton has delved deep into the history of suicide bombings to produce an insightful and provocative account that explains how this most frightening of weapons has been adopted and adapted by different cultures, armies and places. In so doing, he goes beyond simple narratives that tie suicide bombers to a single religious view or a unique in history. Instead he has the moral courage to ask difficult questions about how it has come to define our age. A bold work of real importance. - Rob Crilly, author of Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War