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The author re-evaluates the threat posed by Al-Qaeda following a decade of war.
Author : Fawaz A. Gerges
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0199790655
The author re-evaluates the threat posed by Al-Qaeda following a decade of war.
Author : Jason Burke
Publisher : ePenguin
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780141031361
To most in the West, 'al-Qaeda' is seen as a byword for terror: a deadly, highly organised fanatical group masterminded by Osama bin Laden. But does this tell the whole truth? Prize-winning journalist Jason Burke has spent a decade reporting from the heart of the Middle East and gaining unprecedented access to the world of radical Islam. Now, drawing on his frontline experience of recent events in Iraq and Afghanistan, on secret documents and astonishing interviews with intelligence officers, militants, mujahideen commanders and bin Laden's associates, he reveals the full story of al-Qaeda - and demolishes the myths that underpin the 'war on terror'. Burke demonstrates that in fact 'al-Qaeda' is merely a convenient label applied by the West to a far broader - and thus more dangerous - phenomenon of Islamic militancy, and shows how eradicating a single figure or group will do nothing to combat terrorism. Only by understanding the true, complex nature of al-Qaeda, he argues, can we address the real issues surrounding our security today.
Author : Daniel Byman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 019021726X
Founded as the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, Al Qaeda achieved a degree of international notoriety with a series of spectacular attacks in the 1990s; however, it was the dramatic assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11 that truly launched Al Qaeda onto the global stage. The attacks endowed the organization with world-historical importance and provoked an overwhelming counterattack by the United States and other western countries. Within a year of 9/11, the core of Al Qaeda had been chased out of Afghanistan and into a variety of refuges across the Muslim world. Splinter groups and franchised offshoots were active in the 2000s in countries like Pakistan, Iraq, and Yemen, but by early 2011, after more than a decade of relentless counterterrorism efforts by the United States and other Western military and intelligence services, most felt that Al Qaeda's moment had passed.
Author : Baldvin Donald Holbrook
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190856440
An indispensable resource for understanding the evolution of Al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden.
Author : Lorenzo Vidino
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 161592311X
Written by an expert at The Investigative Project, a counterterrorism institute and America's largest private data-gathering center on militant Islamic activities, this text fills a critical gap in the understanding of the new threats posed by Islamist terrorism.
Author : Michael Ryan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0231163843
The first book to draw a blueprint for defeating al-Qaeda on ideological rather than military grounds.
Author : Abdel Bari Atwan
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0863568432
Over the last ten years, journalist and al-Qa'ida expert Abdel Bari Atwan has cultivated uniquely well-placed sources and amassed a wealth of information about al-Qa'ida's origins, masterminds and plans for the future. Atwan reveals how al-Qa'ida's radical departure from the classic terrorist/guerrilla blueprint has enabled it to outpace less adaptable efforts to neutralize it. The fanaticism of its fighters, and their willingness to kill and be killed, are matched by the leadership's opportunistic recruitment strategies and sophisticated understanding of psychology, media, and new technology - including the use of the internet for training, support, and communications. Atwan shows that far from committing acts of violence randomly and indiscriminately, al-Qa'ida attacks targets according to a decisive design underwritten by unwavering patience. He also argues that events in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are watershed moments in the group's evolution that are making it more dangerous by the day, as it refines and appropriates the concept of jihad and makes the suicide bomber a permanent feature of a global holy war. While Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri remain al-Qa'ida's figureheads, Atwan identifies a new kind of leader made possible by its horizontal chain of command, epitomized by the brutal Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Iraq and the bombers of London, Madrid, Amman, Bali, and elsewhere. Scholarly, analytical, objective, it is also intensely readable, being by far the best book on the subject.' -- Tony Benn 'This is a must-read book for anyone interested in understanding our increasingly scary world.' -- Gavin Esler 'What shines out ... is a profound desire to investigate and reveal the truth. Intelligent and informative.' -- Jason Burke, Guardian 'Deeply researched, well reported and full of interesting and surprising analyses. It demands to be read.' -- Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc
Author : Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 32,89 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 : Gilles Kepel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674028043
To reveal the inner workings of Al Qaeda, this book collects and annotates key texts of the major figures from whom the movement has drawn its beliefs and direction. There are excerpts from the writings of Azzabdallah Azzam, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Author : Bruce Riedel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 13,45 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815704526
Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist movement in history. Yet most people in the West know very little about it, or their view is clouded by misperceptions and half truths. This widely acclaimed book fills this gap with a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda—the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us today. Bruce Riedel draws on decades of insider experience—he was actually in the White House during the September 11 attacks—in profiling the four most important figures in the al Qaeda movement: Usama bin Laden, ideologue and spokesman Ayman Zawahiri, former leader of al Qaeda in Iraq Abu Musaib al Zarqawi (killed in 2006), and Mullah Omar, its Taliban host. These profiles provide the base from which Riedel delivers a much clearer understanding of al Qaeda and its goals, as well as what must be done to counter and defeat this most dangerous menace.