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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 public intellectual known widely for his expertise on radical ideologies, including jihadism, argues that the Western powers have become mired in a "terrorism narrative," stemming fromthe 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 organization, showing itsemergence from the disintegrating local jihadist movements of the mid-1990s-not just the Afghan resistance of the 1980s, as many believe-in "a desperate effort to rescue a sinking ship by altering its course." During this period, Gerges interviewed many jihadis, gaining a first-hand view of the movement that bin Laden tried to reshape by internationalizing it. Gerges reveals that transnational jihad has attracted but a small minority within the Arab world and possesses no viable social andpopular base. Furthermore, he shows that the attacks of September 11, 2001, were a major miscalculation--no "river" of fighters flooded from Arab countries to defend al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, as bin Ladenexpected. The democratic revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 show that al-Qaeda today is a non-entity which exercises no influence over Arabs' political life.Gerges shows that there is a link between the new phenomenon of homegrown extremism in Western societies and the war on terror, particularly in Afghanistan-Pakistan, and that homegrown terror exposes the structural weakness, not strength, of bin Laden's al-Qaeda. Gerges concludes that the movement hassplintered into feuding factions, neutralizing itself more effectively than any Predator drone. Forceful, incisive, and written with extensive inside knowledge, this book willalter the debate on global terrorism.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199790655
ISBN-13
9780199790654
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99617395

Product Key Features

Book Title
Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda
Author
Fawaz A. Gerges
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Terrorism, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Religion, Political Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
5.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
8.6in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz

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Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Hv6432.5.Q2g47 2011
Reviews
"A masterly and trenchant account of the origins of al Qaeda and its decline after 9/11." --Foreign Affairs "An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." -Bookforum "Worth reading" -The Economist "A cogent examination of al-Qaeda's historical trajectory that integrates major recent developments into its comprehensive analysis." -Library Journal, "An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." -Bookforum "Worth reading" -The Economist, "A masterly and trenchant account of the origins of al Qaeda and its decline after 9/11." --Foreign Affairs"An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." - Bookforum"Worth reading" - The Economist"A cogent examination of al-Qaeda's historical trajectory that integrates major recent developments into its comprehensive analysis." -Library Journal"Gerges provides an important alternative to that narrative that should be read by policy makers and the general public alike."--John Voll, Georgetown University, "A masterly and trenchant account of the origins of al Qaeda and its decline after 9/11." --Foreign Affairs "An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." - Bookforum "Worth reading" - The Economist "A cogent examination of al-Qaeda's historical trajectory that integrates major recent developments into its comprehensive analysis." -Library Journal "Gerges provides an important alternative to that narrative that should be read by policy makers and the general public alike."--John Voll, Georgetown University, "A masterly and trenchant account of the origins of al Qaeda and its decline after 9/11." --Foreign Affairs "An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." -Bookforum "Worth reading" -The Economist "A cogent examination of al-Qaeda's historical trajectory that integrates major recent developments into its comprehensive analysis." -Library Journal Gerges, one of the most astute chroniclers of Islamist radicalism...."-- awrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs "Gerges provides an important alternative to that narrative that should be read by policy makers and the general public alike."--John Voll, Georgetown University, "A masterly and trenchant account of the origins of al Qaeda and its decline after 9/11." --Foreign Affairs"An equally important, but little-noted, angle to the [September 11 attacks] that Western readers would do well to ponder." - Bookforum "Worth reading" - The Economist"A cogent examination of al-Qaeda's historical trajectory that integrates major recent developments into its comprehensive analysis." -Library Journal "Gerges provides an important alternative to that narrative that should be read by policy makers and the general public alike."--John Voll, Georgetown University
Table of Content
Prologue The Politics of Terrorism1. The Rise of al-Qa'ida2. The Growing Rift: Near versus Far Enemy3. A Great Success and a Monstrous Miscalculation (September 11)4. Decline and Fall5. Shadows and Legacies
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-013771
Dewey Decimal
363.325
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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