Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Casus Belli; The Seriousness of Injustice; Misrepresentations and Distortions; 2 Changed Context; Classical War; Western War, Western Law; Bellum Novae; The Limits of the Law; A New Type of Actor; 3 Purpose and Pattern; Rebellion as Export: The Emergence of Al Qaeda; 1989-95: Strategy Development; 1996-2001: Transnational War Plans; 2002-03: Regrouping and Globalising; 2004-06: War and Diplomacy; 2007-11: Regionalisation and Hybridisation; Towards 'the Real' Al Qaeda
4 Fallacies and PrimaciesMisleading Explanations; The Primacy of the Political; The Problem of Terrorism; 5 Depth of Engagement; Ending the Deadlock; Reassessment and Recomposition; The Way Forward; Appendix; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The only way to defeat Al Qaeda it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way
