Al-Qaeda: the true story of radical Islam / Jason Burke

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Penguin, 2004Edition: rev. edDescription: xxvii, 356 pISBN:
  • 0141019123 (pbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: Argues that al-Qaeda is a convenient label applied indiscriminately by the West to the far broader - and thus more dangerous - phenomenon of Islamic militancy. Eradicating a few individuals or a group is not an effective approach to combatting terrorism. Calls for wider long-term efforts to identify and resolve the underlying causes of disappointment and perceived injustice in the Islamic world.
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Previous ed. :London : IB Tauris, 2003.

Argues that al-Qaeda is a convenient label applied indiscriminately by the West to the far broader - and thus more dangerous - phenomenon of Islamic militancy. Eradicating a few individuals or a group is not an effective approach to combatting terrorism. Calls for wider long-term efforts to identify and resolve the underlying causes of disappointment and perceived injustice in the Islamic world.

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