TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerges,Fawaz A.
TI  - The far enemy: why Jihad went global 
SN  - 0511161417
AV  - BP182 .G4 2005eb
U1  - 297.7/2 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Jihad
KW  - War
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Islam and world politics
KW  - Jihād
KW  - Guerre
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Politique mondiale
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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ER  -