Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America

by Michael W.S. Ryan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231163851
• ISBN13: 9780231163859
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher