The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

by Fawaz A. Gerges

Book Overview

In this concise and fascinating book, Fawaz A. Gerges argues that Al-Qaeda has degenerated into a fractured, marginal body kept alive largely by the self-serving anti-terrorist bureaucracy it helped to spawn.

In The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda, Gerges, a public intellectual known widely for his expertise on radical ideologies, including jihadism, argues that the Western powers have become mired in a "terrorism narrative," stemming from the mistaken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199790655
• ISBN13: 9780199790654
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.4"