RT Book
T1 Road warriors: foreign fighters in the armies of Jihad
A1 Byman, Daniel 1967-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1029541795
AB Ever since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, fighters from abroad have journeyed in ever-greater numbers to conflict zones in the Muslim world to defend Islam from-in their view-infidels and apostates. The phenomenon recently reached its apogee in Syria, where the foreign fighter population quickly became larger and more diverse than in any previous conflict. In Road Warriors, Daniel Byman provides a sweeping history of the jihadist foreign fighter movement. He begins by chronicling the movement's birth in Afghanistan, its growing pains in Bosnia and Chechnya, and its emergence as a major source of terrorism in the West in the 1990s, culminating in the 9/11 attacks. Since that bloody day, the foreign fighter movement has seen major ups and downs. It rode high after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, when the ultra-violent Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) attracted thousands of foreign fighters. AQI overreached, however, and suffered a crushing defeat. Demonstrating the resilience of the movement, however, AQI reemerged anew during the Syrian civil war as the Islamic State, attracting tens of thousands of fighters from around the world and spawning the bloody 2015 attacks in Paris among hundreds of other strikes. Although casualty rates are usually high, the survivors of Afghanistan, Syria, and other fields of jihad often became skilled professional warriors, going from one war to the next. Still others returned to their home countries, some to peaceful retirement but a deadly few to conduct terrorist attacks. Over time, both the United States and Europe have learned to adapt. Before 9/11, volunteers went to and fro to Afghanistan and other hotspots with little interference. Today, the United States and its allies have developed a global program to identify, arrest, and kill foreign fighters. Much remains to be done, however-jihadist ideas and networks are by now deeply embedded, even as groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State rise and fall. And as Byman makes abundantly clear, the problem is not likely to go away any time soon.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 315-357, Register
CN HV6431
SN 9780190646516
K1 Terrorists : Recruiting
K1 Terrorism : Prevention
K1 Terrorism : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Jihad
K1 Dschihadismus
K1 Militanz
K1 Islam
K1 Djihad
K1 Internationaler Terrorismus
K1 Terrorist
K1 Ausländer
K1 Kombattant
K1 Rekrutierung
K1 Militär
K1 Gewalt
K1 Religion
K1 Naher Osten
K1 Mittlerer Osten
K1 Nordafrika
K1 Djihad : Freiwilliger : Internationaler Terrorismus : Rekrutierung : Geschichte 1990-2018