Gerges, Fawaz A.,  1958- <br/><br/>
The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda / 
Fawaz A. Gerges. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2011. 
 - x, 259 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199790654 (hc : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011013771 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Qaida (Organization)<br/>Al Qaeda.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terrorism.<br/>Terrorismo.<br/>Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Terrorismo--Aspectos religiosos--Islam.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 6432.5  / G367r 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.325