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Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise

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Description for Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise Paperback. An essential guide to one of the most notorious but little-understood organizations of our time. Series: Rebels. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Ladin's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terrorism, dominating discussions of national and international security. Yet in spite of the attention it receives, conflicting assumptions about the group abound. Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organization, a global network of semi-independent cells, a franchise, or simply an idea whose time has come? What is meant by talk of the ‘global Salafi jihad’ that is confronting the West? What are the implications of bin Ladin's death? Christina Hellmich offers a critical examination ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Rebels
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848139084
SKU
V9781848139084
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About Doctor Christina Hellmich
Christina Hellmich is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Reading.

Reviews for Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise
A sensible, sharp, reasoned, comprehensive overview of analysis of modern Islamic militancy and discussion of the nature of the phenomenon of al-Qaeda.
Jason Burke, author of al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam
Undermines many of the widely held assumptions about al-Qa'ida.
Nelly Lahoud, Associate Professor, Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy, West Point
If ... Read more

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