Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy - Softcover

Gerges, Fawaz A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156031701 ISBN 13: 9780156031707

Publisher: HarperOne, 2007

Synopsis

Journey of the Jihadist Fawaz Gerges is one of this country's leading scholars of and media commentators on the Middle Eastern. Starting in the late 1990s, Gerges went to Cairo on a McArthur Fellowship, to interview (Arabic is his first language) those involved in the Jihadist Movement, which had begun in the 1970s as a fight against the secularization of Arab countries, hence was national rather than international in sc Full description

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PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST

"Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges."--THE VILLAGE VOICE

"This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam--a subject that has never seemed more relevant."--MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN

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"For more than a decade, militant Islamists have confronted the United States and, yet, successive American administrations have failed to understand who or what their adversary is . . . Journey of the Jihadist is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam a subject that has never seemed more relevant." Mary Anne Weaver, author of Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan

In this important work, now with a new afterword, renowned Middle Eastern expert Fawaz A. Gerges takes us into the mind-set of the jihadi or holy warrior that lies behind so many headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable to us. Using his firsthand knowledge of the "Arab street," he brings to life the stories of Kamal al-Said Habib, a founder of the Jihadist Movement, as well as dozens of other Islamic fundamentalists, as they struggle with the battle being waged for the soul of Islam a battle that affects us all.

"Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges." Village Voice

"The stories [Gerges] tells, sensitively and incisively, uncover complexities that belie the simplistic assumptions Western governments so often bring to their analysis and action." Globe and Mail

"Fascinating and highly informative . . . One of the best, mostuseful, andmosttimelyvolumes for nonspecialist readers." Library Journal (starred review)

FAWAZ A. GERGES holds the Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College, and has taught at Harvard and Oxford. A regular commentator for ABC News and NPR s Morning Edition, Gerges has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as on CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera. He lives in northern New Jersey."

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0156031701
• ISBN 13: 9780156031707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336