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Incitement : Anwar al-Awlaki's western jihad / Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens.
LIBRA HV6430.A5 M45 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Al-Awlaki, Anwar.
- Terrorists--Biography.
- Terrorists.
- Qaida (Organization).
- Jihad.
- Terrorists--Recruiting.
- Salafīyah.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This is the definitive account of the career of Anwar al-Awlaki, the most influential Western exponent of violent jihad. Drawing on extensive research among al-Awlaki's followers, including interviews with convicted terrorists, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens explains how the radical preacher established his network and why his message resonated"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part one. The making of a global jihadist leader: From America to Yemen
- Awlaki and activist Salafism
- Awlaki and Salafi-jihadism: theory and praxis
- "And inspire the believers..."
- Part two. Awlaki's disciples: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
- Nidal Hasan
- Zachary Adam Chesser
- Awlaki and the Islamic State in the West.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674979505
- 0674979508
- OCLC:
- 1114354572
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