The Far Enemy :

Gerges, Fawaz A., 1958-

The Far Enemy : Why Jihad Went Global / Fawaz A. Gerges. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiii, 386 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-368) and index.

The road to September 11 and after -- Religious nationalists and the near enemy -- The Afghan war: sowing the seeds of transnational Jihad -- The rise of transnationalist Jihadis and the far enemy -- Splitting up of Jihadis -- The aftermath: the war within -- The Iraq war: planting the seeds of Al Qaeda's second generation? -- Beyond the far enemy.

9780521519359 (hardback) 9780521737432 (pbk.)

2008049986

GBA930381 bnb

014937412 Uk


Jihad.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam and world politics.

BP182 / .G4 2009

322.42088297 / GER