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Johnsen, Gregory D.
Subjects
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- Yemen (Republic)
Terrorism -- Persian Gulf Region -- Prevention.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
United States -- Military policy
Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1990-
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Johnsen, Gregory D.
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- Yemen (Republic)
Terrorism -- Persian Gulf Region -- Prevention.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
United States -- Military policy
Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1990-
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The last refuge : Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's war in Arabia /
Gregory
D
.
Johnsen
.
by
Johnsen
,
Gregory
D
.
W.W. Norton, c2013.
Call #:
363.325 J65L
Subjects
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism -- Yemen (Republic)
Terrorism -- Persian Gulf Region -- Prevention.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
United States -- Military policy
Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1990-
ISBN:
9780393082425 (hbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xv, 352 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-332) and index.
Contents:
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 -- Forgetting. Rehab ; A revolt in the North ; Prison cells ; Policy shift -- The next generation. The great escape ; Resurrecting al-Qaeda ; Echoes of battles ; The merger ; Targets ; Out of the shadows.
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.
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