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The far enemy : why Jihad went global / Fawaz A. Gerges.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511161417
  • 9780511161414
  • 0511220871
  • 9780511220876
  • 9780511160134
  • 0511160135
  • 0511160704
  • 9780511160707
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Far enemy.DDC classification:
  • 297.7/2 22
LOC classification:
  • BP182 .G4 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Religious nationalists and the near enemy -- The Afghan war : sowing the seeds of -- Globalized Jihad -- The rise of trans-nationalist Jihadis and the far enemy -- Splitting up of Jihadis -- The aftermath : the war within.
Summary: Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has been portrayed as an Islamist front united in armed struggle, or jihad, against the West. Fawaz Gerges argues that Al Qaeda represents a minority whose strategies have been opposed by religionist nationalists, thus creating a rift that led to the events of 9/11.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)167871

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-328) and index.

Religious nationalists and the near enemy -- The Afghan war : sowing the seeds of -- Globalized Jihad -- The rise of trans-nationalist Jihadis and the far enemy -- Splitting up of Jihadis -- The aftermath : the war within.

Print version record.

Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has been portrayed as an Islamist front united in armed struggle, or jihad, against the West. Fawaz Gerges argues that Al Qaeda represents a minority whose strategies have been opposed by religionist nationalists, thus creating a rift that led to the events of 9/11.