After bin Laden
Subtitle: Al Qaeda, the next generation
By: Abdel Bari Atwan
Publisher: New Press, The; The New Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781595588999; 9781595589002
Subjects: Al-Qaida; Qaida (Organization); Fundamentalismus; Djihad; Terrorism; Terrorismus; Islam
Description: Osama bin Laden is dead, but Al Qaeda remains the CIA's "number one threat." The organization has evolved into a much more complex and far-flung entity. Moving well beyond the headlines, this new account of Al Qaeda offers readers a completely new understanding of the organization's aims, strategies, and fortunes in a new era of conflict.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Arab Spring and Al Qaeda; title: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; title: Somalia's al-Shabaab; title: The Taliban-Al Qaeda nexus: Afghanistan; title: The Taliban-Al Qaeda nexus: Pakistan; title: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and the Sahel; title: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Libya; title: Ongoing and new alliances; title: The digital battleground.