© Columbia University Press
Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection
Paper, 92 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13365-4
$19.00
April, 2004
Cloth, 92 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13364-7
$59.50
"[Islamist Networks is] interested not in grand ideas but in the details of Al-Qaeda's recruitment and support networks … [using] biographies of individual terrorists and obscure Al-Qaeda-linked groups to explain the movement's evolving structure. By this path the authors challenge some poorly examined assumptions of familiar public debates." — Steve Coll, Washington Post Book World
"Tackling historical complexities and scholarly references to illuminate cultural and religious motivations, Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy create a blow-by-blow account of jihadist movements and their relationship with American and secular power." — Middle East Journal
"This work is a gold mine for insights into the little-understood world of Islamist ideologies." — Caleb M. Bartley, Comparative StrategyUniversity of Reading
"This excellent study will serve as a valuable reference book to those interested in radical Islamic Movements... Highly recommended." — Choice