Knowing the Enemy (ePub)
Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror
(Sprache: Englisch)
"In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East-and world-crisis" (Booklist, starred review).
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the...
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the...
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"In considerable detail and with admirable clarity, [Habeck] contributes one of the most valuable books on the ongoing Middle East-and world-crisis" (Booklist, starred review).
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks.
Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement-known as jihadism-with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new definitions of the unity of God and of jihad, which allow members to call for the destruction of democracy and the United States and to murder innocent men, women, and children. Habeck also suggests how the United States might defeat the jihadis, using their own ideology against them.
"Concise and sober . . . Quite simply the best single volume currently available on this topic." -Los Angeles Times
"Knowing the Enemy is vital in the struggle of ideas." -Theo Hartman, Centre for Research on Geopolitics
"A level-headed, intelligent, thorough and accessible survey of modern Islamic militant thinking." -The Guardian
"[An] important and necessary new book . . . It demonstrates an insight and forthrightness rare among Western pundits." -The New York Sun
"A succinct and useful guide." -The Wall Street Journal
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks.
Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement-known as jihadism-with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new definitions of the unity of God and of jihad, which allow members to call for the destruction of democracy and the United States and to murder innocent men, women, and children. Habeck also suggests how the United States might defeat the jihadis, using their own ideology against them.
"Concise and sober . . . Quite simply the best single volume currently available on this topic." -Los Angeles Times
"Knowing the Enemy is vital in the struggle of ideas." -Theo Hartman, Centre for Research on Geopolitics
"A level-headed, intelligent, thorough and accessible survey of modern Islamic militant thinking." -The Guardian
"[An] important and necessary new book . . . It demonstrates an insight and forthrightness rare among Western pundits." -The New York Sun
"A succinct and useful guide." -The Wall Street Journal
Autoren-Porträt von Mary Habeck
Mary Habeck is associate professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She is coeditor of Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War and The Great War and the Twentieth Century, both published by Yale University Press.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mary Habeck
- 2008, 1. Auflage, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Yale University Press
- ISBN-10: 0300130694
- ISBN-13: 9780300130690
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2008
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"This important book provides the first clear analysis of the radical ideology propelling the terrorism of the Middle East. Habeck's explanation of Jihadism is set forth in a poised, authoritative voice—a model for a study of this kind." —Charles Hill, distinguished fellow, International Security Studies, Yale University"Habeck has put together so many pieces from so many sources together in such a manner that no writer on this topic can afford to ignore this book. Making the case for the primacy of these ideas, not merely as products of impersonal socio-economic structures and international systemic factors, is not a minor undertaking. Knowing the Enemy constitutes an admirable effort to coherently portray the world view of Jihadists and identify their differences as well." —Ibrahim Karawan, director, Middle East Center, University of Utah
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