The search for al Qaeda
Subtitle: its leadership, ideology, and future
By: Bruce Riedel
Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780815704515
Subjects: Ideology; Terrorism; Leadership; Qaida (Organization)
Description: "Profiles the most important figures in the al Qaeda movement---Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri, Abu Musaib al Zarqawi, and Mullah Omar, giving a comprehensive analysis of its origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy. Focuses more closely on what has happened to al Qaeda since 9/11 and outlines its ultimate goals"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: The Manhattan raid; title: The thinker : Zawahiri; title: The knight : Osama; title: The host : Mullah Omar; title: The stranger : Zarqawi; title: Al Qaeda's plans; title: How to defeat al Qaeda.