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Author Ryan, Michael W. S.

Title Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy : the Deep Battle Against America.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (369 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The historical roots of Al-Qaeda's ideology -- The leadership inspires a new strategy -- Jihad as revolution -- An action plan for savagery -- The jihadist legacy of Abu Mus'ab al-Suri.
Summary Consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians, Michael W. S. Ryan finds Jihadist terrorism 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 a more effective framework for analyzing al-Qaeda's plans against America and constructs a more compelling counternarrative to the West's supposed ?war on Islam."Ryan uniquely examines the Salafist Jihadist roots of al-Qaeda ideology and the con.
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Subject Qaida (Organization)
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
Terrorism.
United States.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Jihad.
Jihad.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ryan, Michael W.S. Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy : The Deep Battle Against America. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231163842
ISBN 9780231533270 (electronic book)
0231533276 (electronic book)
9780231163842 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0231163843 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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