The Caravan – Abdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who facilitated the mobilization of Arab fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s played a key part in the globalization of the jihadi militants.
The mysterious death of Azzam occurred in 1989, in Peshawar, Pakistan, he remains one of the most influential jihadi ideologues the past. In the first comprehensive biography of Azzam, Thomas Hegghammer explains the way Azzam became a participant in the role he did and how the spread of jihadism was unprecedented at the time.
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The Caravan – The book chronicles Azzam’s incredible journey from an isolated West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan as he tells the story that of someone who was acquainted with all the top Islamists of the day and was a frequent visitor to Presidents, CIA agents, and Cat Stevens the pop star. However, it is also a tale of exclusion, displacement, and repression, which suggests that jihadism was a global phenomenon because of a fundamental local reason.
The Caravan – Abdallah Azzam, the Palestinian religious leader who was instrumental in the mobilization of Arab fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s, played a pivotal part in the globalization of the jihadi group. The mysterious death of Azzam occurred in 1989 at Peshawar, Pakistan, he remains one of the most influential jihadi ideologues the past.
In this, the first comprehensive biography of Azzam, Thomas Hegghammer explains the way Azzam was able to assume this role and the reasons why the spread of jihadism was unprecedented at the time. The book chronicles Azzam’s remarkable journey from his home in a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and tells the tale of an individual who met all the top Islamists at the time and was a frequent visitor to Presidents, CIA agents, and Cat Stevens the pop star. It is also a tale of exclusion, displacement, and repression, which suggests that jihadism was a global phenomenon due to purely local motives.
Product details
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press; First Edition
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 718 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0521765951
- ISBN-13 : 978-0521765954
- Weight : 2.8 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
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