Al-Qaida after 9/11
The War on Terror and the Decade of Demise
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2026
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4857-3 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4857-3 (ISBN)
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Explains how al-Qaida coped with the War on Terror in the decade after 9/11 and charts the real reasons for the group’s demise
How did the War on Terror impact Al-Qaida in the decade after 9/11? This is the first book to analyse the inner workings of the group through the eyes of its mid-level leaders in Pakistan, who were, in practice, running al-Qaida’s affairs when communications with Osama bin Laden were slow or absent.
The book relies on a large collection of little-known Arabic primary sources about al-Qaida, including the “Abbottabad documents” - the group’s own, internal communications between 2002-2011. Al-Qaida’s performance is assessed in three areas: the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; and international terrorism. Chapters explain why the group’s contributions to the Afghan war were modest, shows the reasons for Al-Qaida’s inability to influence events in Iraq, and charts its fading ability to organize international terrorist attacks.
The Abbottabad documents reveal that Al-Qaida’s demise after 9/11 was not simply the result of effective counterterrorism. Rather, the group’s organizational weaknesses and the fallibilities of individual leaders played a vital role. The book gives us the first glimpse into the instances where bin Laden’s lack of strategy meant al-Qaida’s mid-level leadership had to grapple with the consequences. It also documents the detrimental impact of the relationship between al-Qaida and the Taliban.
How did the War on Terror impact Al-Qaida in the decade after 9/11? This is the first book to analyse the inner workings of the group through the eyes of its mid-level leaders in Pakistan, who were, in practice, running al-Qaida’s affairs when communications with Osama bin Laden were slow or absent.
The book relies on a large collection of little-known Arabic primary sources about al-Qaida, including the “Abbottabad documents” - the group’s own, internal communications between 2002-2011. Al-Qaida’s performance is assessed in three areas: the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; and international terrorism. Chapters explain why the group’s contributions to the Afghan war were modest, shows the reasons for Al-Qaida’s inability to influence events in Iraq, and charts its fading ability to organize international terrorist attacks.
The Abbottabad documents reveal that Al-Qaida’s demise after 9/11 was not simply the result of effective counterterrorism. Rather, the group’s organizational weaknesses and the fallibilities of individual leaders played a vital role. The book gives us the first glimpse into the instances where bin Laden’s lack of strategy meant al-Qaida’s mid-level leadership had to grapple with the consequences. It also documents the detrimental impact of the relationship between al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Anne Likuski is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway. She specializes in al-Qaida’s history, leadership and strategy and jihadism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is the author of Al-Qaida in Afghanistan (2017).
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Note on Sources
Dramatis Personae
Maps
Chapter 1: The Fall of the Emirate
Chapter 2: The Start of the Afghan War
Chapter 3: External Operations 2002–2006
Chapter 4: Al-Qaida in Iraq
Chapter 5: Al-Qaida and the Taliban
Chapter 6: External Operations 2008–2011
Chapter 7: A New Phase for al-Qaida
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 337 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7556-4857-9 / 0755648579 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7556-4857-3 / 9780755648573 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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