{"product_id":"enemies-near-and-far-how-jihadist-groups-strategize-plot-and-learn-columbia-studies-in-terrorism-and-irregular-warfare-9780231195249","title":"Enemies Near and Far How Jihadist Groups","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo internationally recognized experts use newly available documents from al-Qaeda and ISIS to explain how jihadist groups think, grow, and adapt. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn recast militant groups as learning organizations, detailing their embrace of strategic, tactical, and technological innovation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnemies Near and Far \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a compelling explanation for the persistence of Al Qaeda and ISIS despite more than twenty years of aggressive U.S. counterterrorism. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn, two leading terrorism experts, explain how jihadist groups innovate and how counterterrorism officials can better anticipate, and disrupt, these deadly organizations. -- Daniel Byman, author of \u003ci\u003eRoad Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnemies Near and Far\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressively comprehensive overview of terrorism around the world in the modern era. Gartenstein-Ross and Joscelyn’s excellent theoretical framework provides compelling insights to which every policy maker should pay close attention. -- Yasmin Green, director of research and development, Jigsaw (Google)\u003cbr\u003eVery few can master the complexity of the ever-expanding list of local movements, but Gartenstein-Ross and Joscelyn give us an authoritative bird’s eye view of jihadism around the globe, with tremendous access and analysis of important primary sources uncovered in their exhaustive research. -- Craig Whiteside, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnemies Near and Far\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-researched and comprehensive examination of the organizational culture and strategic preferences of al-Qaeda and the ISIS and their many allies...a conceptual masterpiece. * Small Wars Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Fire Next Time\u003cbr\u003e2. Learning to Win\u003cbr\u003e3. The Far-Enemy Strategy\u003cbr\u003e4. The Unfriendly Skies: Plots Against Aviation\u003cbr\u003e5. The Early Adopter: Anwar al-Awlaki in the Digital Space\u003cbr\u003e6. Strategic Learning: Al-Qaeda and Jihadism in the Arab Spring\u003cbr\u003e7. The Islamic State’s Rise and Rule\u003cbr\u003e8. The \u003ci\u003eFitna\u003c\/i\u003e: ISIS Versus al-Qaeda\u003cbr\u003e9. How al-Qaeda Survived the War in Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e10. ISIS’s External Operations: A Study in Innovation\u003cbr\u003e11. The Past and Future of Jihadist Organizational Learning\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524655784279,"sku":"9780231195249","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231195249.jpg?v=1731857635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enemies-near-and-far-how-jihadist-groups-strategize-plot-and-learn-columbia-studies-in-terrorism-and-irregular-warfare-9780231195249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}