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Al Qaeda now : understanding today's terrorists / edited by Karen J. Greenberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005Edition: First editionDescription: xxiii, 257 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521859115
  • 9780521859110
  • 0521676274
  • 9780521676274
  • 0521857929
  • 9780521857925
  • 0521674611
  • 9780521674614
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.625 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6432.5.Q2 Q34 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. I. Al Qaeda after 9/11 : the new face of terrorism -- 1. Al Qaeda then and now / James Fallows, moderator, Peter Bergen, Bruce Hoffman, Steven Simon -- Question and answer session -- 2. Who joins al Qaeda? -- Steve Coll, moderator, Yosri Fouda, Jessica Stern, Marc Sageman -- Question and answer session -- 3. Al Qaeda in Europe : today's battlefield / Steven Clemons, moderator, Rohan Gunaratna, Ursula Mueller, Georg Mascolo -- Question and answer session -- 4. Militant Islam : on the wane or on the rise? / Peter Bergen, moderator, Salameh Nematt, Michael Scheuer -- Question and answer session -- 5. The United States vs. al Qaeda : a progress report / Karen J. Greenberg, moderator, Daniel Benjamin, Pat Lang, Reuel Gerecht -- Question and answer session -- 6. Al Qaeda's media strategy / Peter Bergen, moderator, Henry Schuster, Octavia Nasr, Paul Eedle -- Question and answer session -- 7. The real Twin Towers : al Qaeda's Influence on Saudi Arabia and Pakistan / Arif Lalani, moderator, Hamid Mir, Lawrence Wright, Anatol Lieven -- Question and answer session -- pt. II. In his own words : statements by Osama Bin Laden -- August 1996 : Ladenese Epistle : Declaration of War -- October 21, 2001 : interview with Tayseer Alouni -- December 26, 2001 : speech given three months after 9/11 -- November 2002 : letter to the American people -- July 18, 2003 : meaning of Jihad, full response to Saudi Cleric -- April 2004 : speech addressed to Europe -- October 29, 2004 : speech addressed to the American people.
Summary: "This volume of presentations by a group of authorities on international terrorism and Al Qaeda constitute a valuable synopsis of current knowledge on this terrorist group and the policies in place to counter threats of future attacks. The articles contribute to understanding how Al Qaeda has evolved from a movement to an ideology, what influence it has on Middle East stability and what continued threat it is to the United States, Europe, and other areas of the world. The contributors, from academia, research centers, government agencies and the media, represent a cross section of recognized experts on Al Qaeda and international terrorism. Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. She is a visiting Professor of European Studies at New York University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is co-editor of The Torture Papers (Cambridge, 2005)."--Publisher description.
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Includes index.

pt. I. Al Qaeda after 9/11 : the new face of terrorism -- 1. Al Qaeda then and now / James Fallows, moderator, Peter Bergen, Bruce Hoffman, Steven Simon -- Question and answer session -- 2. Who joins al Qaeda? -- Steve Coll, moderator, Yosri Fouda, Jessica Stern, Marc Sageman -- Question and answer session -- 3. Al Qaeda in Europe : today's battlefield / Steven Clemons, moderator, Rohan Gunaratna, Ursula Mueller, Georg Mascolo -- Question and answer session -- 4. Militant Islam : on the wane or on the rise? / Peter Bergen, moderator, Salameh Nematt, Michael Scheuer -- Question and answer session -- 5. The United States vs. al Qaeda : a progress report / Karen J. Greenberg, moderator, Daniel Benjamin, Pat Lang, Reuel Gerecht -- Question and answer session -- 6. Al Qaeda's media strategy / Peter Bergen, moderator, Henry Schuster, Octavia Nasr, Paul Eedle -- Question and answer session -- 7. The real Twin Towers : al Qaeda's Influence on Saudi Arabia and Pakistan / Arif Lalani, moderator, Hamid Mir, Lawrence Wright, Anatol Lieven -- Question and answer session -- pt. II. In his own words : statements by Osama Bin Laden -- August 1996 : Ladenese Epistle : Declaration of War -- October 21, 2001 : interview with Tayseer Alouni -- December 26, 2001 : speech given three months after 9/11 -- November 2002 : letter to the American people -- July 18, 2003 : meaning of Jihad, full response to Saudi Cleric -- April 2004 : speech addressed to Europe -- October 29, 2004 : speech addressed to the American people.

"This volume of presentations by a group of authorities on international terrorism and Al Qaeda constitute a valuable synopsis of current knowledge on this terrorist group and the policies in place to counter threats of future attacks. The articles contribute to understanding how Al Qaeda has evolved from a movement to an ideology, what influence it has on Middle East stability and what continued threat it is to the United States, Europe, and other areas of the world. The contributors, from academia, research centers, government agencies and the media, represent a cross section of recognized experts on Al Qaeda and international terrorism. Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. She is a visiting Professor of European Studies at New York University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is co-editor of The Torture Papers (Cambridge, 2005)."--Publisher description.

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