Author : Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2002-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0231126921
Examines the leadership, ideology, tactics, and finances of Al Qaeda, discusses how the organization trains fighters, and outlines the international response that will be necessary to destroy the organization.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Terrorism
ISBN :
Author : Kurt M. Campbell
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780892064076
This book takes readers beyond the hourly headlines and day-to-day dramas of the post-September 11 environment and helps them to think about the mediumand long-term implications of the new terrorist threat. Despite the recent successes in Afghanistan and the courageous response to the September events, -the fundamental conclusion of this work is that the years ahead will be among the most difficult in the long life of our nation. The authors present a comprehensive look at the areas in which new choices and hard decisions must be made -- from strengthening law enforcement and intelligence to sustaining a sense of American purpose and devising tailored strategies for key regions of the world. The book's analysis was informed by the work of the CSIS Task Force on Terrorism, drawing on the full range of CSIS expertise in terrorism, national and international security, regional studies, and religion.
Author : Lawrence J. Bevy
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781594545917
Al-Qaida is a multi-national support group which funds and orchestrates the activities of Islamic militants world-wide. It grew out of the Afghan war against the Soviets, and its core members consist of Afghan war veterans from all over the Muslim world. Al-Qaida was established around 1988 by the Saudi militant Osama bin Ladin. Based in of Afghanistan, bin Ladin uses an extensive international network to maintain a loose connection between Muslim extremists in diverse countries. Working through high-tech means, such as faxes, satellite telephones, and the internet, he is in touch with an unknown number of followers all over the Arab world, as well as in Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada.
Author : Steve Coll
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 43,77 MB
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0141935790
The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.
Author : Doctor Christina Hellmich
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 184813911X
Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Ladin's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terrorism, dominating discussions of national and international security. Yet in spite of the attention it receives, conflicting assumptions about the group abound. Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organization, a global network of semi-independent cells, a franchise, or simply an idea whose time has come? What is meant by talk of the ‘global Salafi jihad’ that is confronting the West? What are the implications of bin Ladin's death? Christina Hellmich offers a critical examination of the widely-held notions regarding the origins and manifestations of al-Qaeda and the sources on which they rely, mapping the organisation’s alleged transition from what began as a regional struggle against the Soviets in Afghanistan to the increasingly leaderless jihad of the post-9/11 world. Rather than just providing yet another biography of al-Qaeda, Hellmich forensically examines discrepancies between the most common explanations and to the limits of what can realistically be known. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, 'al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise' offers a penetrating insight into an organization which, for all its notoriety, is one of the least-understood of our time.
Author : Paul Rich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780714682747
Author : Anne Stenersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107075130
This book presents an alternative narrative of al-Qaida's aims, goals and strategies prior to the events of 9/11.
Author : Ali E. Abbas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1107161886
Are we safer from terrorism today and is our homeland security money well spent? This book offers answers and more.
Author : Audrey Kurth Cronin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 36,19 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1135867631
Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. Terrorist groups end according to recognisable patterns that have persisted for centuries, and they reflect, among other factors, the counter-terrorist policies taken against them. It makes sense to formulate those policies with a specific image of an end in mind. Understanding how terrorism ends is the best way to avoid being manipulated by the tactic. There is vast historical experience with the decline and ending of terrorist campaigns, yet few policymakers are familiar with it. This paper first explains five typical strategies of terrorism and why Western thinkers fail to grasp them. It then describes historical patterns in ending terrorism to suggest how insights from that history can lay a foundation for more effective counter-strategies. Finally, it extracts policy prescriptions specifically relevant to ending the campaign of al-Qaeda and its associates, moving towards a post-al-Qaeda world.
