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Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
'The Search for Al Qaeda' analyses the creation and development of the terror network, presenting authoritative and chilling background on the 'Manhattan Raid' of September 11, but then switches focus to what has happened since that awful day.
Author
Publisher
Arrow
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The only American ever to penetrate al Qaeda, John Wells has been undercover so long that the CIA is no longer sure he's loyal - or even alive. Now, on the orders of Omar Khadri - the mastermind spearheading al Qaeda's attacks on America - Wells is coming home. And no-one knows what to expect.
Author
Publisher
Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ali Soufan was for years the FBI's lead agent in the war against al-Qaeda, as well as its most effective interrogator. In 'The Black Banners' he takes us into hideouts, planning meetings and interrogation rooms and explains why the use of torture is not helping the War on Terror.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Although the war in Afghanistan is now in its endgame, the West's struggle to eliminate the threat from Al Qaida is far from over. In early 2010 Al Qaida operatives were reportedly streaming out of central Asia towards Somalia and the surrounding region. What is now happening in Somalia directly threatens the security of the world, possibly more than any other region on Earth. This book is an accessible account of how Somalia became the world's most...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the last decade, America's priorities have changed: national security is now top of the agenda, and billions have been spent fighting the war on terror. Here, investigative journalist Peter Bergen reveals how the U.S government has responded to the threat of al Qaeda.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Investigative Project on Terrorism, founded in 1995 by Steven Emerson, maintains the largest non-governmental data and intelligence library in the world on militant Islam. Together with a staff of experts, Executive Director Steven Emerson has compiled this overview of the Islamist terrorist threat to the United States.
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