{"product_id":"al-qaida-after-9-11-the-war-on-terror-and-the-decade-of-demise-9780755648573","title":"Al-Qaida After 9\/11: The War on Terror and the Decade of Demise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anne Likuski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Terrorism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did the War on Terror impact Al-Qaida in the decade after 9\/11? This is the first book to analyse the inner workings of the group through the eyes of its mid-level leaders in Pakistan, who were, in practice, running al-Qaida's affairs when communications with Osama bin Laden were slow or absent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book relies on a large collection of little-known Arabic primary sources about al-Qaida, including the \"Abbottabad documents\" - the group's own, internal communications between 2002-2011. Al-Qaida's performance is assessed in three areas: the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; and international terrorism. Chapters explain why the group's contributions to the Afghan war were modest, shows the reasons for Al-Qaida's inability to influence events in Iraq, and charts its fading ability to organize international terrorist attacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Abbottabad documents reveal that Al-Qaida's demise after 9\/11 was not simply the result of effective counterterrorism. Rather, the group's organizational weaknesses and the fallibilities of individual leaders played a vital role. The book gives us the first glimpse into the instances where bin Laden's lack of strategy meant al-Qaida's mid-level leadership had to grapple with the consequences. It also documents the detrimental impact of the relationship between al-Qaida and the Taliban.","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47564953321623,"sku":"9780755648573","price":2103.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780755648573.webp?v=1774695759","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/al-qaida-after-9-11-the-war-on-terror-and-the-decade-of-demise-9780755648573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}