{"product_id":"9780755648573-al-qaida-after-911","title":"Al-Qaida after 9\/11","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe War on Terror and the Decade of Demise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplains how al-Qaida coped with the War on Terror in the decade after 9\/11 and charts the real reasons for the group’s demise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did the War on Terror impact Al-Qaida in the decade after 9\/11? This is the first book to analyse the inner workings of the group through the eyes of its mid-level leaders in Pakistan, who were, in practice, running al-Qaida’s affairs when communications with Osama bin Laden were slow or absent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book relies on a large collection of little-known Arabic primary sources about al-Qaida, including the “Abbottabad documents” - the group’s own, internal communications between 2002-2011. Al-Qaida’s performance is assessed in three areas: the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; and international terrorism. Chapters explain why the group’s contributions to the Afghan war were modest, shows the reasons for Al-Qaida’s inability to influence events in Iraq, and charts its fading ability to organize international terrorist attacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Abbottabad documents reveal that Al-Qaida’s demise after 9\/11 was not simply the result of effective counterterrorism. Rather, the group’s organizational weaknesses and the fallibilities of individual leaders played a vital role. The book gives us the first glimpse into the instances where bin Laden’s lack of strategy meant al-Qaida’s mid-level leadership had to grapple with the consequences. It also documents the detrimental impact of the relationship between al-Qaida and the Taliban.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57278979572086,"sku":"9780755648573","price":19.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40028326_c2ecd6ee-59ea-417a-8195-5b67d525e32a.jpg?v=1771484431","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780755648573-al-qaida-after-911","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}