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Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / Christina Hellmich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hellmich, Christina, 1978- author.
- Series:
- Rebels (Halifax, N.S.)
- Rebels
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
- Bin Laden, Osama.
- Qaida (Organization).
- Terrorism--Middle East.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Christina Hellmich forensically examines the most authoritative sources on which the present understanding of al-Qaeda relies, examining the discrepancies between what is reported and what can realistically be known"--Publisher.
- Contents:
- 9/11 and the anxious search for answers
- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11
- Hypocrites, Wahhabis and Salafi jihadis: post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology
- Reclaiming the umma: the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition
- Al-Qaeda post-9/11: destroyed, weakened or re-emergent?
- The future of al-Qaeda.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-206) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613238610
- 9781350218406
- 1350218405
- 9781848139114
- 184813911X
- 9781283238618
- 1283238616
- 9781848139107
- 1848139101
- OCLC:
- 748242110
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