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The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda / Fawaz A. Gerges.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: x, 259 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780199790654 (hc : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.325
LOC classification:
  • HV 6432.5 G367r 2011
Contents:
Introduction: a life of its own -- The rise of Al-Qaeda -- The growing rift -- A success and a miscalculation -- Decline and fall -- Legacies and aftershocks -- Conclusion: down to size.
Summary: How much of a threat is al-Qaeda today? Ten years after september 11th, it remains shrouded in myth, lurking everywhere, ceaselessly plotting to kill innocent people en masse. While there ir currently extensive and ongoing analysis of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad and what it containde, there has been little debate over his organization's viability. The rise and fall of al-Qaeda will launch that debate.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6432.5 G367r 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000114318

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index.

Introduction: a life of its own -- The rise of Al-Qaeda -- The growing rift -- A success and a miscalculation -- Decline and fall -- Legacies and aftershocks -- Conclusion: down to size.

How much of a threat is al-Qaeda today? Ten years after september 11th, it remains shrouded in myth, lurking everywhere, ceaselessly plotting to kill innocent people en masse. While there ir currently extensive and ongoing analysis of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad and what it containde, there has been little debate over his organization's viability. The rise and fall of al-Qaeda will launch that debate.

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