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200 14$aThe rise and fall of Al-Qaeda$b[electronic resource] /$fFawaz A. Gerges
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (270 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction : 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.
330   $aIn 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 organi
606   $aTerrorism
606   $aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam
608   $aElectronic books.
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615  0$aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam.
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