Terror truncated : the decline of the Abu Sayyaf group from the crucial year 2002 / Bob East.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

East, Bob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philippines--Politics and government--1986-.

Philippines.

Abu Sayyaf (Organization).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The task of researching the material for this book proved more arduous than originally anticipated. The Abu Sayyaf Group was generally misunderstood in their formation, goals, ideology - if any - and structure. Consequently, it became necessary to chronologically trace all the crimes attributed to the group as well as research the lives and deeds of the leaders and majordomos in the group. This at times became a task of trying to distinguish what was fact from what was myth. The main source ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - THE ABU SAYYAF 1990-2002; CHAPTER TWO - 2002; CHAPTER THREE - 2003; CHAPTER FOUR - 2004; CHAPTER FIVE - 2005-2006; CHAPTER SIX - 2007; CHAPTER SEVEN - 2008-2009; CHAPTER EIGHT - 2010; CHAPTER NINE - 2011-2012; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6669-5

OCLC:

890530539