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Understanding Al Qaeda : Changing War and Global Politics.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849645980
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding Al QaedaDDC classification:
  • 303.625
LOC classification:
  • HV6432.5.Q2 -- M64 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Casus Belli -- The Seriousness of Injustice -- Misrepresentations and Distortions -- 2. Changed Context -- Classical War -- Western War, Western Law -- Bellum Novae -- The Limits of the Law -- A New Type of Actor -- 3. Purpose and Pattern -- Rebellion as Export: The Emergence of Al Qaeda -- 1989-95: Strategy Development -- 1996-2001: Transnational War Plans -- 2002-03: Regrouping and Globalising -- 2004-06: War and Diplomacy -- 2007-11: Regionalisation and Hybridisation -- Towards 'The Real' Al Qaeda -- 4. Fallacies and Primacies -- Misleading Explanations -- The Primacy of the Political -- The Problem of Terrorism -- 5. Depth of Engagement -- Ending the Deadlock -- Reassessment and Recomposition -- The Way Forward -- Appendix -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The only way to defeat Al Qaeda it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Casus Belli -- The Seriousness of Injustice -- Misrepresentations and Distortions -- 2. Changed Context -- Classical War -- Western War, Western Law -- Bellum Novae -- The Limits of the Law -- A New Type of Actor -- 3. Purpose and Pattern -- Rebellion as Export: The Emergence of Al Qaeda -- 1989-95: Strategy Development -- 1996-2001: Transnational War Plans -- 2002-03: Regrouping and Globalising -- 2004-06: War and Diplomacy -- 2007-11: Regionalisation and Hybridisation -- Towards 'The Real' Al Qaeda -- 4. Fallacies and Primacies -- Misleading Explanations -- The Primacy of the Political -- The Problem of Terrorism -- 5. Depth of Engagement -- Ending the Deadlock -- Reassessment and Recomposition -- The Way Forward -- Appendix -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The only way to defeat Al Qaeda it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way.

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