Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the global jihadist movement : what everyone needs to know
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- ISBN: 019021726X (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780190217266 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0190217251
- ISBN: 9780190217259
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xii, 284 pages ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-259) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- History: -- What was the impact of the Anti-Soviet Jihad on the Jihadist Movement? -- Did the United States fund Bin Laden and Al Qaeda? -- Why was Al Qaeda founded? -- What did Al Qaeda do in Sudan? -- What were Al Qaeda's initial goals? -- Why did Al Qaeda focus on the United States? -- What was the role of Egyptian Militants during Al Qaeda's Formative Years? -- What was Al Qaeda's relationship with the Taliban before 9/11? -- Key Attacks And Plots: -- Why were the 1998 embassy attacks so important? -- What were Al Qaeda's most important attacks before 9/11? -- How did Al Qaeda carry out the 9/11 attacks? -- Could the 9/11 attacks have been prevented? -- How did Al Qaeda justify the 9/11 attacks? -- What was the fallout from the 9/11 attacks for Al Qaeda? -- What attacks has Al Qaeda done since 9/11? -- Strategy And Tactics: -- What are Al Qaeda's goals today? -- Does Al Qaeda have a strategy? -- How did Al Qaeda become a suicide bombing factory? -- How dangerous are lone wolves? -- What do you learn in an Al Qaeda training camp? -- Could Al Qaeda get a nuclear weapon? -- Should we laugh at Al Qaeda? -- Ideas And Influences: -- What are the key schools of thought that influence Salafi-Jihadism?: -- Salafism -- Wahhabism -- Deobandism -- Ahl-e Hadith -- Who are the key thinkers Jihadists admire and read? -- How does Al Qaeda differ from the Muslim Brotherhood? -- Why do other Jihadists criticize Al Qaeda? -- How does Al Qaeda justify killing civilians? -- What themes does Al Qaeda push in its propaganda? -- Organization And Recruitment: -- Why was Bin Laden such an effective leader? -- How does Ayman al-Zawahiri differ from Bin Laden? -- How Is Al Qaeda Organized? -- Why Does Al Qaeda make so many mistakes? -- What is the profile of a typical Al Qaeda member? -- How does Al Qaeda recruit? -- What is the role of war? -- What is the role of the Internet? -- Where does Al Qaeda get its money? -- How does Al Qaeda spend its money? -- Friends And Enemies: -- How did the 2003 Iraq War shape Al Qaeda? -- How does Al Qaeda view Iran and the Shi'a? -- Is Saudi Arabia secretly supporting Al Qaeda? -- Why does Pakistan support Jihadists? -- What is the relationship between Pakistan and Al Qaeda? -- Why doesn't Pakistan cooperate more with the United States? -- How important is Israel? -- How do Muslims perceive Al Qaeda and why does it matter? -- How did the Arab spring affect Al Qaeda? -- Beyond The Al Qaeda Core: -- What are the key Al Qaeda affiliates?: -- Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb -- Al Shabaab -- Jabhat al-Nusra -- What about like-minded but unaffiliated groups? -- What's in it for Al Qaeda?-what's in It for the affiliates? -- What Are the limits of cooperation? -- Does the Al Qaeda core control the Salafi-Jihadist movement anymore? -- So what do we talk about when we talk about Al Qaeda? -- Islamic State: -- What should we call this group? -- Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? -- Where did the Islamic State come from? -- Why did the Islamic State fight with Al Qaeda? -- What does the Islamic State want? -- How strong is the Islamic State? -- How does the Islamic State publicize its cause? -- What are the Islamic State's relations with the Syrian Government? -- What is the Khorasan Group? -- Is the Islamic State a terrorist threat to the American homeland? -- Why did the United States go to war with the Islamic State? -- Counterterrorism: -- Isn't diplomacy worthless when it comes to fighting terror? -- What role does the legal system play? -- What about Military Tribunals, Guantanamo, and other post-9/11 legal measures? -- What is rendition and why is it so controversial? -- How do we go after Al Qaeda's money? -- What is the role of US Military Force? -- What about drones and other air strikes? -- Do drones and other controversial tools result in "blowback"? -- How do we collect intelligence on Al Qaeda? -- How do tools change when fighting affiliated movements? -- How do we win the war of ideas? -- What is the role of allied governments threatened by terrorists? -- How does Al Qaeda adapt? -- How do you counter radicalization? -- What threat does Al Qaeda pose today to the United States and Europe -- Can we defeat Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the broader Jihadist Movement? -- How is fighting the Islamic State different from fighting Al Qaeda? -- Suggestions for further reading -- Notes -- Index. |
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