Last Refuge
Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and the Battle for Arabia
(Sprache: Englisch)
An exclusive inside account of how and why al-Qaeda is rebuilding in the unforgiving deserts of Yemen
An unrivalled, on-the-ground look at the modern-day politics of Yemen, and its place as Muhammed s 'last refuge' against infidels, by a rising...
An unrivalled, on-the-ground look at the modern-day politics of Yemen, and its place as Muhammed s 'last refuge' against infidels, by a rising...
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An exclusive inside account of how and why al-Qaeda is rebuilding in the unforgiving deserts of Yemen
An unrivalled, on-the-ground look at the modern-day politics of Yemen, and its place as Muhammed s 'last refuge' against infidels, by a rising Princeton scholar who frequently comments on Muslim and Arab events for the BBC, The Times, the Guardian, and more.
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Exhausted and on the run, it looked like the end for the small band of men. Looking at the few who had followed him into the desert, Muhammad said, When disaster threatens, seek refuge in Yemen Yemen was the last refuge. Far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, in an unforgiving corner of Arabia, the US and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers. The battles began in 2006, when twenty-three men tunnelled out of a maximum-security prison in Yemen s capital to their freedom. Later they were joined by a dozen men released from Guantánamo Bay. Together, they formed the core of al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula and now they and their recruits stand ready to hijack the Arab Spring, from the streets of Syria to hotspots much closer to home.
In The Last Refuge, al-Qaeda scholar Gregory D. Johnsen charts the rise, the fall, and the ultimate resurrection of al-Qaeda in Yemen given new life through a combustion of civil wars, Afghan refugees, and Muhammad s prophetic teachings. Johnsen brings us inside al-Qaeda s training camps and safe houses as the terrorists plot poison attacks and debate how to bring down a plane on Christmas Day. Based on years of on-the-ground interviews and never-before-translated al-Qaeda battle notes, he delivers a riveting and incisive investigation of the state of the Middle East.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Last Refuge “
Map of YemenPrologue
Part I. Rise and Fall
1. A Far-Off Land
2. The Next Afghanistan
3. The Dogs of War
4. Faith and Wisdom
5. The Southern Job
6. Allies
7. A New War
8. Attrition
9. Victory
Part II. Forgetting
10. Rehab
11. A Revolt in the North
12. Prison Cells
13. Policy Shift
Part III. The Next Generation
14. The Great Escape
15. Resurrecting al-Qaeda
16. Echoes of Battles
17. The Merger
18. Targets
19. Out of the Shadows
List of Principal Characters
Acknowledgements
Note on Sources and Transliteration
Notes
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Gregory D. Johnsen
Gregory D. Johnsen is a scholar at Princeton University, a former Fulbright fellow, and a contributor to the Independent, Newsweek, and other publications. He has consulted to the UK Government and US Senate
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Gregory D. Johnsen
- 2013, 368 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oneworld Publications
- ISBN-10: 1851689400
- ISBN-13: 9781851689408
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.08.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Gregory Johnsen has written the best new book on al Qaeda in 2012 and the best book on Yemen in years... A great read; Johnsen is a very good storyteller."The Daily Beast
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