TY  - BOOK
AU  - COZZENS Jeffrey B
TI  - Victory from the prism of jihadi culture
PY  - 2009///
KW  - AL QAEDA
KW  - VICTORY
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - WAR ON TERROR
N2  - Considers what victory might mean for al-Qaeda and similar organizations, and notes that there have been few efforts in the West to make this conceptual leap into the opponents mindset. Describes nine measures that various jihadists have identified as success indicators. Suggests that not knowing what victory means from the opponents perspective is likely to result in tactical victories and strategic failure for the West. Poses the question does the West know whether it is its own efforts or those of Muslim communities that are the cause of al Qaeda's present instability
ER  -