The far enemy
Subtitle: why Jihad went global
By: Fawaz A. Gerges.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780521519359; 9780521737432
Subjects: Jihad; War -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam and world politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The road to September 11 and after; title: Religious nationalists and the near enemy; title: The Afghan war: sowing the seeds of transnational Jihad; title: The rise of transnationalist Jihadis and the far enemy; title: Splitting up of Jihadis; title: The aftermath: the war within; title: The Iraq war: planting the seeds of Al Qaeda's second generation?.