Profiles in terror : the guide to Middle East terrorist organizations / Aaron Mannes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannes, Aaron, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorists--Middle East.

Terrorists.

National liberation movements--Middle East.

National liberation movements.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xvii, 372 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Published in cooperation with JINSA Press : Distributed by National Book Network, [2004]

Summary:

This is a ready-reference trade book profiling twenty terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and the regional groups that are affiliated with these organizations. Each profile includes detailed descriptions of the group's ideology, historical background, leadership, organization, external relations and financial support, chronology of major events and attacks, and additional resources and references.

Contents:

Al-Qaeda & its affiliates

Algerian affiliates

Al-Qaeda

Asian affiliates and operations

Egyptian affiliates

Abu Nidal Organization

Hamas

Hizbullah

Kurdistan Workers' party

Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Palestine Liberation Organization & its affiliates

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fatah

Force 17

Palestine Liberation Front

Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian National Authority

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-340) and index.

ISBN:

0742535258

OCLC:

55679529