A new book review for International Affairs, this time of Dr Fawaz Gerges The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda for Oxford University Press. Another short book that reads like a long essay, and has some interesting detail in it. Unfortunately, the review itself is behind a firewall, so you’ll have to reach out to me [...]
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The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda
Posted: March 19, 2012 in International AffairsTags: Al Qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, book review, jihad, Osama bin laden, radicalisation, terrorism
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Jihad in the West: The Rise of Militant Salafism
Posted: December 14, 2011 in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Global Jihad, Osama bin laden, radicalization, terrorism
Slightly belatedly another review in a new journal, this time for Chatham House’s International Affairs journal, looking at Frazer Egerton’s “Jihad in the West: The Rise of Militant Salafism” for Cambridge University Press. I see that the publisher liked my review and have already incorporated it into their webpage for the site. The book was a quick read [...]
