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Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / Christina Hellmich.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RebelsPublication details: Halifax : Fernwood ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.Description: 212 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781848139091 (hb : Zed Books)
  • 9781848139084 (pb : Zed Books)
  • 9781552664582 (Fernwood Pub.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.325
LOC classification:
  • HV 6432.5 H477q 2011
Contents:
9/11 and the anxious search for answers -- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11 -- Hypocrites, wahhabis and salafi jihadis : post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology -- Reclaiming the umma : the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition -- Al-Qaeda post-9/11 : destroyed, weakened or re-emergent? -- The future of al-Qaeda.
Summary: Since 9/11, al-Qaeda has dominated discussions of national and international security. Yet conflicting assumptions about the nature of the group and the implications of bin Ladin's death abound. Rather than just providing yet another biography of al-Qaeda, Christian Hellmich forensically examines the most authoritative sources on which the present understanding of al-Qaeda relies, examining the discrepancies between what is reported and what can realistically be known. The result is a penetrating insight into an organization that for all its notoriety is one of the least understood of our time.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6432.5 H477q 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107751
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HV 6432.5 A887a 2012 After Bin Laden: Al-Qa'ida, The Next Generation / HV 6432.5 A887s 2006 The secret history of al-Qa'ida / HV 6432.5 G367r 2011 The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda / HV 6432.5 H477q 2011 Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / HV 6432.5 M966n 2005 The New Wars / HV6432.5.Q2 A316 2004 Al-Qaeda : les nouveaux réseaux de la terreur / HV6432.5.Q2 A89 2006a The secret history of al Qaeda /

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-206) and index.

9/11 and the anxious search for answers -- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11 -- Hypocrites, wahhabis and salafi jihadis : post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology -- Reclaiming the umma : the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition -- Al-Qaeda post-9/11 : destroyed, weakened or re-emergent? -- The future of al-Qaeda.

Since 9/11, al-Qaeda has dominated discussions of national and international security. Yet conflicting assumptions about the nature of the group and the implications of bin Ladin's death abound. Rather than just providing yet another biography of al-Qaeda, Christian Hellmich forensically examines the most authoritative sources on which the present understanding of al-Qaeda relies, examining the discrepancies between what is reported and what can realistically be known. The result is a penetrating insight into an organization that for all its notoriety is one of the least understood of our time.

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