The last refuge : Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's war in Arabia / Gregory D. Johnsen.
Johnsen, Gregory D.
2014
HV6433.Y4 J64 2014 (Mapit)
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Title The last refuge : Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's war in Arabia / Gregory D. Johnsen.
Author Johnsen, Gregory D.
ISBN 0393349977 (pbk.)
9780393349979 (pbk.)
Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2014.
Language English
Description xv, 356 pages : map ; 21 cm
Other Standard Identifiers 40021594906
Call Number HV6433.Y4 J64 2014
Alternate Call Number D815.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.32509533
Summary Far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers in an unforgiving corner of Arabia. The Last Refuge charts the rise, fall, and resurrection of al-Qaeda in Yemen over the last thirty years, detailing how a group that the United States once defeated has now become one of the world's most dangerous threats. An expert on Yemen who has spent years on the ground there, Gregory D. Johnsen uses al-Qaeda's Arabic battle notes to reconstruct their world as they take aim at the United States and its allies. Johnsen brings readers inside al-Qaeda's training camps and safe houses as the terrorists plot and debate. The Last Refuge is an eye-opening look at the successes and failures of fighting a new type of war in one of the most turbulent countries in the world.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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pt. 1. Rise and fall
A far-off land
The next Afghanistan
The dogs of war
Faith and wisdom
The southern job
Allies
A new war
Attrition
Victory
pt. 2. Forgetting
Rehab
A revolt in the North
Prison cells
Policy shift
pt. 3. The next generation
The great escape
Resurrecting al-Qaeda
Echoes of battles
The merger
Targets
Out of the shadows.

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