Al Qaeda's post 9/11 devolution : the failed jihadist struggle against the near and far enemy / Anthony Celso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Celso, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qaida (Organization).

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This examination of Al Qaeda's decline since the 9/11 attacks focuses on the terror organization's mutation and fragmentation. It looks at its partnership with the local and regional jihadist networks that played a pivotal role in the Madrid, London, and Fort Hood attacks, arguing that, although initially successful, such alliances actually unraveled following both anti-terror policies and a growing rejection of violent jihadism in the Muslim world. Challenging conventional theories about Al Qaeda and homegrown terrorism, the book claims that jihadist attacks are now organized by overlapping international and regional networks that have become frustrated in their inability to enforce regime change and their ideological goals. The discussion spans the war on terror, analyzing major post 9/11 attacks, the failed jihadist struggle in Iraq, Al Qaeda's affiliates, and the organization's future prospects after the death of Osama Bin Laden and the Arab Spring. This assessment of the future of the jihadist struggle against Muslim governments and homegrown Islamic terrorism in the West will be an invaluable resource to anyone studying terrorism and Islamic extremism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Al Qaeda's Post 9-11 Devolution and its Diffuse Network of Associates, Affiliates, Insurgents and "Homegrown" Terrorists

Chapter One: Al Qaeda's Jihadist World View

Chapter Two: Al Qaeda's Formation and its Far Enemy Strategy

Chapter Three: Al Qaeda's Post 9-11 Strategy and Organizational Devolution

Chapter Four: Al Qaeda's Role in the Madrid and London Bombings

Chapter Five: Zarqawi: Al Qaeda's Tragic Anti-Hero and the Destructive Role of the Iraqi Jihad

Chapter Six: Al Qaeda's Affiliated and Insurgent Groups in Somalia, Yemen and the Maghreb

Chapter Seven: West Africa: The Latest Jihadist War

Chapter Eight: The Role of Al Qaeda Affiliated and Homegrown Terrorists in Post 9-11 Plots and Attacks against the United States

Chapter Nine: An End to Al Qaeda? : Bin Laden's Death and the Arab Spring

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501302039

1501302035

9781441152893

144115289X

9781441180421

1441180427

OCLC:

1197076415