The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda
Gerges, Fawaz A., 1958-2011
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Fawaz A. Gerges argues that Al-Qaeda has degenerated into a fractured, marginal body kept alive largely by the self-serving anti-terrorist bureaucracy it helped to spawn. To explain why Al-Qaeda is no longer a threat, he provides a briskly written history of the organization.
Main title:
The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda / Fawaz A. Gerges.
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Imprint:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Collation:
x, 259 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: a life of its own -- The rise of Al-Qaeda -- The growing rift -- Success and miscalculation -- Decline and fall -- Legacies and aftershocks -- Conclusion: down to size.
ISBN:
9780199790654 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.3'25363.325
Language:
English
BRN:
1367121
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