Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy
Subtitle: The Deep Battle Against America
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780231163842
Subjects: Terrorism, religious aspects; Terrorism, prevention; Terrorism, united states; Qaida (organization); Jihad
Description: "By consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians, Michael W. S. Ryan finds jihadist terrorism strategy has more in common with the principles of Maoist guerrilla warfare than mainstream Islam. Encouraging strategists and researchers to devote greater attention to jihadi ideas rather than jihadist military operations, Ryan builds an effective framework for analyzing al-Qaeda's plans against America and constructs a compelling counternarrative to the West's supposed "war on Islam."--book jacket.