Knowing the Enemy Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror

Name: Knowing the Enemy Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror
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ISBN: 9780300122572

ISBN-10: 0300122578

ISBN-13: 9780300122572

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mary Habeck

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After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qa’ida and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks. Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement—known as jihadism—with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al- Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.82" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Mary R. Habeck is Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She is the author of Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror and coeditor of Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War and The Great War and the Twentieth Century .




Why They Did It



Historical Context



The Qur'an Is Our Constitution



Our 'Aqida



The Clash of Civilizations, Part I: The American Campaign to Suppress Islam



The Clash of Civilizations, Part II: Jihad on the Path of God



From Mecca to Medina: Following the Method of Muhammad



Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror


Notes


Glossary


Index