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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459439103321

Autore

Riedel Bruce O

Titolo

The search for al Qaeda [[electronic resource] ] : its leadership, ideology, and future / / Bruce Riedel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-52568-9

9786612525681

0-8157-0452-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 pages)

Disciplina

303.625

Soggetti

Jihad

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated with new postscript.

"A Saban Center at the Brookings Institution book".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. The Manhattan Raid -- 2. The thinker : Zawahiri -- 3. The knight : Osama -- 4. The host : Mullah Omar -- 5. The stranger : Zarqawi -- 6. Al Qaeda's plans -- 7. How to defeat al Qaeda -- Postscript : al Qaeda today

Sommario/riassunto

Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist movement in history. Yet most people in the West know very little about it, or their view is clouded by misperceptions and half truths. This widely acclaimed book fills this gap with a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda-the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us today. Bruce Riedel draws on decades of insider experience-he was actually in the White House during the September 11 attacks-in profiling the four most important figures in the al Qaeda movement: Usama.