Jihad and International Security

by Sharon Chadha, Jalil Roshandel, S. Chadha

Book Overview

The book explores the global jihad movement and its emergence in the latter half of the twentieth century. The book investigates the nature and extent of this threat; traces its religious and ideological roots; relevant history; the goals of the movement; who is fighting jihad; how they end up in the movement; how it is being funded and sponsored; and what nations, particularly the United States, one of the movement s primary targets, are doing to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403971927
• ISBN13: 9781403971920
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"