Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy The Deep Battle Against America

Name: Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy The Deep Battle Against America
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ISBN: 9780231163842

ISBN-10: 0231163843

ISBN-13: 9780231163842

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael Ryan

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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 contributions of its most famous founders, Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a political-military context.…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/13/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.90" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Note on Transliteration


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Historical Roots of Al-Qaedaï¿½s Ideology



The Leadership Inspires a New Strategy



Jihad as Revolution



An Action Plan for Savagery



The Jihadist Legacy of Abu Mus'ab al-Suri


Conclusion: What It All Means



Translation of "Revolutionary Wars"



Translation of "Fourth-Generation Warfare"


Notes


Bibliography


Index