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The age of sacred terror / Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon.

Title
The age of sacred terror / Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon.
Author
Benjamin, Daniel, 1961-
Publication
New York : Random House, c2002.

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Additional Authors
Simon, Steven
Description
xvii, 490 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Two former members of the National Security Council trace the evolution of terrorist activities and the history of radical Islam, the September 11th attacks, and the U.S. government's efforts to stop further threats.
Subject
  • Qaida (Organization)
  • Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam
  • Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam
  • Terrorism > Prevention
  • Jihad
  • Islam and world politics
  • Anti-Americanism
  • Terrorism > prevention & control
  • Islam > psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [450]-472) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1. The Terror -- 1. Daybreak -- 2. Ibn Taymiyya and His Children -- 3. The Warrior Prince -- 4. Raiders on the Path of God -- 5. Fields of Jihad -- pt. 2. America -- 6. A Paradigm Lost -- 7. The Unknown War -- 8. The Shock of the New -- 9. A Failure of Intelligence -- 10. How Great a Failure? -- pt. 3. After Afghanistan -- 11. Terror and Strategy -- 12. A World of Terror.
ISBN
0375508597 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003265413
OCLC
  • 50650244
  • SCSB-10339468
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library