LEADER 03409nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910452572103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-16734-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300167344 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104995 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24487447 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000722169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11455020 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10696248 035 $a(PQKB)10946554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420943 035 $a(DE-B1597)486168 035 $a(OCoLC)1024051330 035 $a(OCoLC)1029835136 035 $a(OCoLC)1032691193 035 $a(OCoLC)1037979660 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979000 035 $a(OCoLC)1046612091 035 $a(OCoLC)1047004348 035 $a(OCoLC)1049661546 035 $a(OCoLC)1054879766 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300167344 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579342 035 $a(OCoLC)923600139 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104995 100 $a20091109d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYemen$b[electronic resource] $edancing on the heads of snakes /$fVictoria Clark 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11701-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-304) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- $tACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tPART ONE -- $tPART TWO -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aYemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another-links with al-Qaeda, kidnapped Westerners, explosive population growth-then sinks into obscurity again. But, as Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we ignore Yemen at our peril. The poorest state in the Arab world, it is still dominated by its tribal makeup and has become a perfect breeding ground for insurgent and terrorist movements.Clark returns to the country where she was born to discover a perilously fragile state that deserves more of our understanding and attention. On a series of visits to Yemen between 2004 and 2009, she meets politicians, influential tribesmen, oil workers and jihadists as well as ordinary Yemenis. Untangling Yemen's history before examining the country's role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement today, Clark presents a lively, clear, and up-to-date account of a little-known state whose chronic instability is increasingly engaging the general reader. 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism$zYemen (Republic) 606 $aJihad 606 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xIslam 607 $aYemen (Republic)$xHistory 607 $aYemen (Republic)$xReligious life and customs 607 $aYemen (Republic)$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism 615 0$aJihad. 615 0$aWar$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 676 $a953.3 700 $aClark$b Victoria$f1961-$0472037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452572103321 996 $aYemen$92448810 997 $aUNINA