Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term suicide attack refers to attacks in which the attacker kills himself or herself in order to assassinate or injure other people. Evidence shows that the first suicide attacks were carried out already in the first century AD and throughout the history suicide attacks have been used as a form of rebellion, an act to create a sense of instability as well as a tactic to avoid capture by the enemy forces. Learn more about the phenomenon of suicide attacks as well as the Japanese kamikaze tactics and Islamic terrorism in this book.