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Title

Al-Qa'ida's doctrine for insurgency : ʻAbd Al-ʻAziz Al-Muqrin's A practical course for guerrilla war / translated and analyzed by Norman Cigar ; foreword by Julian Lewis.

Author

Al-Muqrin, ʻAbd Al-ʻAziz, 1973-2004.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2009.

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Additional Authors

Cigar, Norman L.

Description

xvi, 193 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Norman Cigar the first English translation of 'Abd Al-Aziz Al-Muqrin's A Practical Course for Guerrilla War. Saudi security forces killed Al-Muqrin, Al-Qa'ida's leader in the Arabian Peninsula, in June 2004. Published posthumously, his Arabic-language manual provides a window into Al-Qa'ida's strategic thinking and into how these terrorists operate. Accompanying the text's translation is material on Al-Muqrin's life and Cigar's cogent and detailed analysis of the key ideas in the jihadist's doctrine and the results of Al-Qa'ida's insurgency efforts on the Arabian Peninsula."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Alternative Title

• Practical course for guerrilla war
• Practical course for guerrilla war.

Subject

• Qaida (Organization)
• Qaida (Organization) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Guerrilla warfare > Saudi Arabia

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-187) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1 : Overview and analysis -- Part 2 : Translation of A practical course for guerrilla war by ʻAbd Al-ʻAziz Al-Muqrin.

ISBN

• 9781597972529 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1597972525 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781597972536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1597972533 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008043561

OCLC

• 262737506
• SCSB-12326762

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library