The search for al Qaeda : its leadership, ideology, and future / Bruce Riedel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riedel, Bruce O.

Contributor:

Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jihad.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Qaida (Organization).

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

Bin Laden, Osama.

Muhammad Omar, Mullah, 1960-.

Muhammad Omar.

Zarqāwī, Abū Muṣʻab, 1966-2006.

Zarqāwī, Abū Muṣʻab.

Ẓawāhirī, Ayman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist movement in history. Yet most people in the West know very little about it, or their view is clouded by misperceptions and half truths. This widely acclaimed book fills this gap with a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda-the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us today. Bruce Riedel draws on decades of insider experience-he was actually in the White House during the September 11 attacks-in profiling the four most important figures in the al Qaeda movement: Usama.

Contents:

Preface

1. The Manhattan Raid

2. The thinker : Zawahiri

3. The knight : Osama

4. The host : Mullah Omar

5. The stranger : Zarqawi

6. Al Qaeda's plans

7. How to defeat al Qaeda

Postscript : al Qaeda today

Notes:

Updated with new postscript.

"A Saban Center at the Brookings Institution book".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174) and index.

ISBN:

9786612525681

9781282525689

1282525689

9780815704522

0815704526

OCLC:

656846805