Camille Tawil

Brothers in Arms

The Story of Al-Qa'ida and the Arab Jihadists
Übersetzer: Bray, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the evolution in ideology of al-Qa'ida and fellow Arab jihadi groups since the late 1980s up to today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• English edition
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 283g
• ISBN-13: 9780863564802
• ISBN-10: 0863564801
• Artikelnr.: 30620384

Autorenporträt

Camille Tawil: Born in 1965, Camille Tawil is a Lebanese writer and investigative journalist. He has covered Islamic militant groups for al-Hayat Arabic daily in London since the early 1990s. His blog is camilletawil.blogspot.com/. Robin Bray: Robin Bray is a freelance translator based in London. His previous work includes the novels Adama by Turki al-Hamad and A Love Story by Ghazi Algosaibi (both Saqi), and Thura's Diary by Thura al-Windawi (Penguin).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations 7
Introduction 9
1. Afghan Arabs 15
2. Brothers and Rivals:The Foundation of the Jihadist Groups 35
3. Libya: Jihadists Supplant Nationalists 57
4. Algeria: The Descent into the Abyss 67
5. The Sudanese Interlude 89
6. Egyptians in Sudan: A State within a State 99
7. Londonistan: Jihadists in the Lion's Den 111
8. Setbacks: Jihad in Decline 127
9. The Return to Afghanistan 145
10. The Approach to 9/11 161
11. Hellfire 173
12. Al-Qa'ida & Co: The Jihad Franchise 185