14Dec - LONDON - Cristina Hellmich Al Qaeda Past & prese

[KEVIN]

Cristina Hellmich is giving a talk on wednesday 14/12/11, at 7 PM. at Housmans book shop, 5 Caledonian Road London N1 9AX entry £3.00

Talk is called Al Qaeda past and present.

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5. ‘Al-Qaeda, past and present’ with Christina Hellmich
Wednesday 14th December, 7pm
£3, redeemable against any purchase

Hellmich critically examines the development of Al-Qaida – from its inception and on up to the death of Osama bin Laden – and asks what the future holds for the terrorist organisation.
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[TonyGosling]

Zed Books present:
‘Al-Qaeda, past and present’
with Christina Hellmich
Wednesday 14th December, 7pm

£3, redeemable against any purchase


Hellmich critically examines the development of Al-Qaida - from its inception and on up to the death of Osama bin Laden - and asks what the future holds for the terrorist organisation.

Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Laden's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terrorism, dominating discussions of national and international security. Yet in spite of the attention it receives, conflicting assumptions about the group abound.

Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organization, a global network of semi-independent cells, a franchise, or simply an idea whose time has come? What is meant by talk of the ‘global Salafi jihad’ that is confronting the West? What are the implications of bin Laden's death? Christina Hellmich offers a critical examination of the widely-held notions regarding the origins and manifestations of al-Qaeda and the sources on which they rely, mapping the organisation’s alleged transition from what began as a regional struggle against the Soviets in Afghanistan to the increasingly leaderless jihad of the post-9/11 world.

Rather than just providing yet another biography of al-Qaeda, Hellmich forensically examines discrepancies between the most common explanations and to the limits of what can realistically be known.

Drawing on a wide variety of sources, 'Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise' offers a penetrating insight into an organization which, for all its notoriety, is one of the least-understood of our time.


About the Author

Christina Hellmich is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Reading, UK and co-author of Knowing Al-Qaeda: The Epistemology of Terrorism.

Book information

'Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise'
by Christina Hellmich
Zed Books (2011)
224 pages
ISBN: 9781848139084

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