Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban : beyond Bin Laden and 9/11 / Syed Saleem Shahzad.

Includes index.

A new world: destruction, migration, friends, and foes -- The politics of war and peace -- First step: leadership building and transformation of the "sons of the soil" to "blood brothers" -- Takfeer and khuruj: an ideological thesis for the separation of Islamists and states -- Antithesis: debate on the legitimacy of the resistance -- The synthesis -- Building the eagle's nest -- The theater of war.

President Obama has delivered on his campaign promise to kill Osama bin Laden, but as an Al-Qaeda strategist bin Laden has been dead for years. This book introduces the new generation of Al-Qaeda leaders who have been behind the most recent attacks.

Syed Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani investigative reporter, has a level of access to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban that Western journalists can only dream of. He has interviewed many top-level strategists and fighters in both movements on multiple occasions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jordan. In Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban he uses first-hand accounts and his own local knowledge to build up a convincing and compelling picture of the aims and motivation of the leaders and fighters in radical Islamic movements.

This is a version of the 'war on terror' that has never been told. It will fascinate anyone concerned with the strategy and tactics of the most controversial Islamic movements.