02548nam 2200613 a 450 991045697020332120191030193400.00-19-025254-51-283-23221-997866132322120-19-979074-4(CKB)2550000000043417(EBL)746688(OCoLC)747409587(SSID)ssj0000540909(PQKBManifestationID)12188976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540909(PQKBWorkID)10492693(PQKB)11351101(StDuBDS)EDZ0001019337(MiAaPQ)EBC746688(Au-PeEL)EBL746688(CaPaEBR)ebr10492572(CaONFJC)MIL323221(EXLCZ)99255000000004341720110401d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise and fall of Al-Qaeda[electronic resource] /Fawaz A. GergesOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-997468-3 0-19-979065-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : life after death -- The rise of Al-Qaeda -- The growing rift -- A success and a miscalculation -- Decline and fall -- Legacies and aftershocks -- Conclusion : down to size.In this concise and fascinating book, 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. In The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda, Gerges, a leading authority on radical ideologies and Muslim extremism, argues that the Western powers have become mired in a ""terrorism narrative,"" stemming from the mistaken belief that America is in danger of a devastating attack by a crippled Al-Qaeda. To explain why Al-Qaeda is no longer a threat, he provides a briskly written history of the organiTerrorismTerrorismReligious aspectsIslamElectronic books.Terrorism.TerrorismReligious aspectsIslam.363.325Gerges Fawaz A.1958-696510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456970203321Rise and fall of Al-Qaeda1399396UNINA