Schweitzer, Yoram.

The globalization of terror : the challenge of Al-Qaida and the response of the international community / Yoram Schweitzer and Shaul Shay. - New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c2003. - xiv, 228 p. ; 24 cm.

"The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrrorism"--t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Islamic Fundamentalism and Bin-Laden -- 2. The Terror of Afghan "Alumni" in the International Arena -- 3. Terror Attacks of Al-Qaida and the Islamic Front -- 4. The Campaign against Terror and Its Threats.

"This timely volume details the organizational workings and belief system of Bin-Laden's brutal campaign. The authors explore the background and objectives of the attacks, the elaborate planning that went into them, and the process of their practical execution." "The importance of The Globalization of Terror lies in its clear presentation and precise analysis regarding the dimensions of the danger international terror poses to the free world, and in its recommendations for the necessary strategy to prevent the recurrence of acts of large-scale terror."--BOOK JACKET.

0765801973 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003040221

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Qaida (Organization)


September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism--United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

HV6432.5 .Q2 / S3713 2003

297.09 / SCG 2004