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28%OFFMichael W. S. Ryan - Decoding Al-Qaeda´s Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America - 9780231163859 - V9780231163859
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Decoding Al-Qaeda´s Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America

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Description for Decoding Al-Qaeda´s Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 368 pages, Figures: 3,. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPFR; JPS; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 508.
By consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians, Michael W. S. Ryan finds jihadist terrorism strategy has more in common with the principles of Maoist guerrilla warfare than mainstream Islam. Encouraging strategists and researchers to devote greater attention to jihadi ideas rather than jihadist military operations, Ryan builds an effective framework for analyzing al-Qaeda's plans against America and constructs a compelling counternarrative to the West's supposed war on Islam. Ryan examines the Salafist roots of al-Qaeda ideology and the contributions of its most famous founders, Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a political-military context. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231163859
SKU
V9780231163859
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About Michael W. S. Ryan
Michael W. S. Ryan, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, studied Arabic in Egypt and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He served as a senior executive in the U.S. Departments of State and Defense and as vice president of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Middle East Institute. He lives in Virginia.

Reviews for Decoding Al-Qaeda´s Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America
Michael W. S. Ryan's illumination of the ideology and strategy of al-Qaeda as seen in the writings of its key theoreticians is unique and valuable. This is an important and insightful book that provides both new information on al-Qaeda and new commentary on its strategy and how to defeat it.
Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Osama ... Read more

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