The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda [[electronic resource] /] / Fawaz A. Gerges

• Autore: Gerges Fawaz A. <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism; Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 organi
• Titolo autorizzato: Rise and fall of Al-Qaeda
• ISBN: 0-19-025254-5; 1-283-23221-9; 9786613232212; 0-19-979074-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456970203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II