Al Qaeda's post 9/11 devolution
Subtitle: the failed jihadist struggle against the near and far enemy
By: Anthony Celso
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781441155894
Subjects: Terrorism; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Qaida (Organization)
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction: Al Qaeda's Post 9-11 Devolution and its Diffuse Network of Associates, Affiliates, Insurgents and "Homegrown" TerroristsChapter One: Al Qaeda's Jihadist World ViewChapter Two: Al Qaeda's Formation and its Far Enemy StrategyChapter Three: Al Qaeda's Post 9-11 Strategy and Organizational DevolutionChapter Four: Al Qaeda's Role in the Madrid and London BombingsChapter Five: Zarqawi: Al Qaeda's Tragic Anti-Hero and the Destructive Role of the Iraqi JihadChapter Six: Al Qaeda's Affiliated and Insurgent Groups in Somalia, Yemen and the MaghrebChapter Seven: West Africa: The Latest Jihadist WarChapter Eight: The Role of Al Qaeda Affiliated and Homegrown Terrorists in Post 9-11 Plots and Attacks against the United StatesChapter Nine: An End to Al Qaeda? : Bin Laden's Death and the Arab SpringBibliographyIndex.