{"product_id":"al-qaida-after-911-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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Likuski\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway. She specializes in al-Qaida's history, leadership and strategy and jihadism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAl-Qaida in Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179347734802,"sku":"9780755648573","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46622ca6-74a7-4a3e-91e4-75baa4922138.jpg?v=1775638050","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/al-qaida-after-911-the-war-on-terror-and-the-decade-of-demise-9780755648573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}