Tackling historical complexities and scholarly references to illuminate cultural and religious motivations, Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy create a blow-by-blow account of jihadist movements and their relationship with American and secular power. Middle East Journal This work is a gold mine for insights into the little-understood world of Islamist ideologies.
Caleb M. Bartley, University of Reading Comparative Strategy ... Read more[Islamist Networks is] interested not in grand ideas but in the details of Al-Qaeda's recruitment and support networks ... [using] biographies of individual terrorists and obscure Al-Qaeda-linked groups to explain the movement's evolving structure. By this path the authors challenge some poorly examined assumptions of familiar public debates.
Steve Coll Washington Post Book World This excellent study will serve as a valuable reference book to those interested in radical Islamic Movements... Highly recommended. Choice Show Less