Understanding Al Qaeda : Changing War and Global Politics.
Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould.
Understanding Al Qaeda : Changing War and Global Politics. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
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.
9781849645980
Qaida (Organization).
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Electronic books.
HV6432.5.Q2 -- M64 2011eb
303.625
Understanding Al Qaeda : Changing War and Global Politics. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
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.
9781849645980
Qaida (Organization).
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Electronic books.
HV6432.5.Q2 -- M64 2011eb
303.625