TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerges,Fawaz A.
TI  - The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda
SN  - 9780199790654 (hc : alk. paper)
AV  - HV 6432.5 G367r 2011
U1  - 363.325 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Qaida (Organization)
KW  - Al Qaeda
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Terrorismo
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Aspectos religiosos
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -