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The Far Enemy

Why Jihad Went Global

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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The Far Enemy

Why Jihad Went Global

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

This edition shows that not only have the jihadists split ranks, but those who previously supported al Qaeda are condemning its tactics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521519357

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Obama and the Middle East

The End of America's Moment?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Obama and the Middle East

The End of America's Moment?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

From one of the top Middle East experts in the world, comes the story of American foreign policy in the Middle East and a proposed Marshall Plan for the region.

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Macmillan

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0230113818

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9780230113817

Journey of the Jihadist

Inside Muslim Militancy

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Journey of the Jihadist

Inside Muslim Militancy

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

Middle Eastern expert and media commentator Gerges takes us into the mindset of the jihadi, or holy warrior, that lies behind so many front-page headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable. Even before the 9/11 attacks, Gerges had gone in search of those whose lives were devoted to this crusade of hatred, first against their own secular governments, then against the West and the United States in particular. He talked extensively with Kamal al-Said Habib, a founder of the Jihadist Movement. Using Habib's life story, as well as the stories of dozens of other Islamic fundamentalists, Gerges's book puts a human face to events in the Middle East over the last thirty years, from the civil war in Lebanon to the war in Iraq and the terrorist attacks in London. Behind the jihadism of Habib and others, a battle is being waged for the soul of Islam itself."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0156031701

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9780156031707

Making the Arab World

Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Making the Arab World

Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

Based on a decade of research, including in-depth interviews with many leading figures in the story, this edition is essential for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the turmoil engulfing the Middle East, from civil wars to the rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

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Princeton University Press

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069119646X

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9780691196466

ISIS

A History

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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ISIS

A History

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

An authoritative introduction to ISIS—now expanded and revised to bring events up to the present The Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build governing institutions and a theologically grounded national identity. What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world’s leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling explanation of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS. This new edition brings the story of ISIS to the present, covering key events—from the military defeat of its territorial state to the death of its leader al-Baghdadi—and analyzing how the ongoing Syrian, Iraqi, and Saudi-Iranian conflict could lead to ISIS’s revival.

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Princeton University Press

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0691211922

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9780691211923

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

In this concise and fascinating book, Fawaz A. Gerges argues that Al-Qaeda has degenerated into a fractured, marginal body kept alive largely by the self-serving anti-terrorist bureaucracy it helped to spawn. In The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda, Gerges, a public intellectual known widely for his expertise on radical ideologies, including jihadism, argues that the Western powers have become mired in a "terrorism narrative," stemming from the mistaken belief that America is in danger of a devastating attack by a crippled al-Qaeda. To explain why al-Qaeda is no longer a threat, he provides a briskly written history of the organization, showing its emergence from the disintegrating local jihadist movements of the mid-1990s-not just the Afghan resistance of the 1980s, as many believe-in "a desperate effort to rescue a sinking ship by altering its course." During this period, Gerges interviewed many jihadis, gaining a first-hand view of the movement that bin Laden tried to reshape by internationalizing it. Gerges reveals that transnational jihad has attracted but a small minority within the Arab world and possesses no viable social and popular base. Furthermore, he shows that the attacks of September 11, 2001, were a major miscalculation--no "river" of fighters flooded from Arab countries to defend al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, as bin Laden expected. The democratic revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 show that al-Qaeda today is a non-entity which exercises no influence over Arabs' political life. Gerges shows that there is a link between the new phenomenon of homegrown extremism in Western societies and the war on terror, particularly in Afghanistan-Pakistan, and that homegrown terror exposes the structural weakness, not strength, of bin Laden's al-Qaeda. Gerges concludes that the movement has splintered into feuding factions, neutralizing itself more effectively than any Predator drone. Forceful, incisive, and written with extensive inside knowledge, this book will alter the debate on global terrorism.

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Oxford University Press

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0199911711

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9780199911714

America and Political Islam

Clash of Cultures Or Clash of Interests?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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America and Political Islam

Clash of Cultures Or Clash of Interests?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

The origins and implications of American policy on political Islam.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521639573

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9780521639576

What Really Went Wrong

The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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What Really Went Wrong

The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

An ambitious revisionist history of the modern Middle East What Really Went Wrong offers a fresh and incisive assessment of American foreign policy’s impact on the history and politics of the modern Middle East. Looking at flashpoints in Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian, and Lebanese history, Fawaz A. Gerges shows how postwar U.S. leaders made a devil’s pact with potentates, autocrats, and strongmen around the world. Washington sought to tame assertive nationalists and to protect repressive Middle Eastern regimes in return for compliance with American hegemonic designs and uninterrupted flows of cheap oil. The book takes a counterfactual approach, asking readers to consider how the political trajectories of these countries and, by extension, the entire region may have differed had U.S. foreign policy privileged the nationalist aspirations of patriotic and independent Middle Eastern leaders and people. Gerges argues that rather than focusing on rolling back communism, extracting oil, and pursuing interventionist and imperial policies in Iran, Egypt, and beyond, postwar U.S. leaders should have allowed the Middle East greater autonomy in charting its own political and economic development. In so doing, the contemporary Middle East may have had better prospects for stability, prosperity, peace, and democracy.

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Yale University Press

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030027727X

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9780300277272

ISIS

A History

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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A History

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Princeton University Press

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0691211914

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The Far Enemy

Why Jihad Went Global

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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The Far Enemy

Why Jihad Went Global

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Fawaz Gerges' book on al Qaeda and the jihadist movement has become a classic in the field since it was published in 2005. In the intervening years, with the advance of the 'War on Terror' and the invasion of Iraq, much has changed and, just as Gerges showed, al Qaeda's fortunes have taken a significant downturn. Revisiting The Far Enemy in this edition, Gerges demonstrates that not only have the jihadists split ranks, but that voices from within the ultra-religious right, those that previously supported al Qaeda, are condemning its tactics as violent, unethical, and out of accord with the true meaning of jihad. In fact, millions of Muslims worldwide have rejected al-Qaeda's ideology and strategies and blame Osama bin Laden and his cohorts for the havoc the organisation has wreaked on their communities. Al-Qaeda is now in the wilderness suffering massive erosion of authority and legitimacy in Muslim eyes and facing a fierce revolt from within. As Gerges warns, the next US administration would do well to use political and socio-economic strategies rather than military means to ensure that it stays there.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139477838

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Obama and the Middle East

The End of America's Moment?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Obama and the Middle East

The End of America's Moment?

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

A hard-hitting assessment of Obama's current foreign policy and a sweeping look at the future of the Middle East The 2011 Arab Spring upended the status quo in the Middle East and poses new challenges for the United States. Here, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's top Middle East scholars, delivers a full picture of US relations with the region. He reaches back to the post-World War II era to explain the issues that have challenged the Obama administration and examines the president's responses, from his negotiations with Israel and Palestine to his drawdown from Afghanistan and withdrawal from Iraq. Evaluating the president's engagement with the Arab Spring, his decision to order the death of Osama bin Laden, his intervention in Libya, his relations with Iran, and other key policy matters, Gerges highlights what must change in order to improve US outcomes in the region. Gerges' conclusion is sobering: the United States is near the end of its moment in the Middle East. The cynically realist policy it has employed since World War II-continued by the Obama administration--is at the root of current bitterness and mistrust, and it is time to remake American foreign policy.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1137000163

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Journey of the Jihadist

Inside Muslim Militancy

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Inside Muslim Militancy

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Making the Arab World

Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

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Princeton University Press

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The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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Oxford University Press

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0199911711

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What Really Went Wrong

The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East

By: Fawaz A. Gerges

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The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East

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An ambitious alternative history of the modern Middle East

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Book's by Fawaz A. Gerges

The Far Enemy

The Far Enemy

Obama and the Middle East

Obama and the Middle East

Journey of the Jihadist

Journey of the Jihadist

Making the Arab World

Making the Arab World

ISIS

ISIS

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

America and Political Islam

America and Political Islam

What Really Went Wrong

What Really Went Wrong

ISIS

ISIS

The Far Enemy

The Far Enemy

Obama and the Middle East

Obama and the Middle East

Journey of the Jihadist

Journey of the Jihadist

Making the Arab World

Making the Arab World

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda

What Really Went Wrong

What Really Went Wrong

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