| Al Qaeda Now: Understanding Today's Terrorists Contributor(s): Greenberg, Karen J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521859115 ISBN-13: 9780521859110 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: This volume of presentations by a group of authorities on international terrorism and Al Qaeda constitute a valuable synopsis of current knowledge on this terrorist group and the policies in place to counter threats of future attacks. The articles contribute to understanding how Al Qaeda has evolved from a movement to an ideology, what influence it has on Middle East stability and what continued threat it is to the United States, Europe, and other areas of the world. The contributors, from academia, research centers, government agencies and the media, represent a cross section of recognized experts on Al Qaeda and international terrorism. Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. She is a visiting Professor of European Studies at New York University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is co-editor of The Torture Papers (Cambridge, 2005). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.625 |
| LCCN: 2005019855 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.1" W x 9.32" (1.11 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arab World - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greenberg, Karen J.: - Karen J. Greenberg is the executive director of the Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. She has a Ph.D. in American political history from Yale and teaches in the European Studies Department at NYU. She is a former Vice-President of the Soros Foundations/Open Society Institute and the founding director of the Program in International Education. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of numerous articles on the United States and Europe during World War II and an editor of the Archives of the Holocaust, Columbia University Series. She is the co-editor of the recently published The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. |