The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231168993 ISBN 13: 9780231168991

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Examining major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following September 11, 2001, internationally recognized scholars study the involvement of global terrorist leaders and organizations in these incidents and the planning, organization, execution, recruitment, and training that went into them. Their work captures the changing character of al-Qaeda and its affiliates since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the sophisticated elements that, despite the West's best counterterrorism efforts, continue to exert substantial direction over jihadist terrorist operations.

Through case studies of terrorist acts and offensives occurring both in and outside the West, the volume's contributors investigate al-Qaeda and other related entities as they adapted to the strategies of Operation Enduring Freedom and subsequent U.S.-led global counterterrorism programs. They explore whether Osama bin Laden was indeed reduced to a mere figurehead before his death or continued to influence al-Qaeda's global activities. Did al-Qaeda become a loose collection of individuals and ideas following its expulsion from Afghanistan, or was it reborn as a transnational terrorist structure powered by a well-articulated ideology? What is the preeminent terrorist threat we face today, and what will it look like in the future? This anthology pinpoints the critical patterns and strategies that will inform counterterrorism in the coming decades.

About this title

Book Description:

Featuring essays by internationally recognized scholars, The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat examines major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following September 11, 2001. These experts track the involvement of global terrorist leaders and organizations in these incidents and the planning, organization, execution, recruitment, and training that went into them. The essays capture the changing character of al-Qaeda and its affiliates since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq that in part led to the emergence of the Islamic State and the sophisticated elements that, despite the West's best counterterrorism efforts, continue to exert substantial direction over jihadi terrorist operations.

About the Author:

Bruce Hoffman is a professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and the director of its Center for Security Studies and its Security Studies Program, as well as a senior fellow at the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. He is also the author of Inside Terrorism (Columbia, 1998), now in its third edition.

Fernando Reinares is a professor of political science and security studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and a director of the Program on Global Terrorism at Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, Spain. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the author of Al-Qaeda's Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings (Columbia, 2016).

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0231168993
• ISBN 13: 9780231168991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 696
• Editor: Hoffman Bruce, Reinares Fernando