"Since the 1980s, global jihad has seen four distinct iterations, or waves, each emerging from a particular crisis, and each with its own ideology and program for achieving a global end, be it creating a Jihadi International to liberate occupied Muslim lands, driving the Americans out of the Mu...

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Main Author:	Robinson, Glenn E. 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California Stanford University Press [2020]
Subjects:	Geschichte 1950-2020 Terrorismus Djihad Jihad / History / 20th century Jihad / History / 21st century Islamic fundamentalism / History / 20th century Islamic fundamentalism / History / 21st century Islam and politics / History / 20th century Islam and politics / History / 21st century Political violence / Religious aspects / Islam Islam and politics Islamic fundamentalism 1900-2099 History
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"Since the 1980s, global jihad has seen four distinct iterations, or waves, each emerging from a particular crisis, and each with its own ideology and program for achieving a global end, be it creating a Jihadi International to liberate occupied Muslim lands, driving the Americans out of the Muslim world, recreating a new and radical caliphate throughout all of the lands once ruled by Muslims, or mounting a global but leaderless jihad to keep alive hope for a more powerful global jihad movement in the future. This book tells the story of those four waves of global jihad: their origins, the evolutions, and their quite distinct ideologies"--
Physical Description:	xi, 246 Seiten
ISBN:	9780804760478 9780804760461