Storming the world stage : the story of Lashkar-e-Taiba / Stephen Tankel.

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Tankel, Stephen

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 352 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780190237929
0190237929

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Storming the world stageDDC classification:

363.325095491 23

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HV6433.P18 T36 2013eb

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Contents:

Ackowledgments -- Introduction -- The Pakistani jihadi milieu -- Lashkar's ideology: Dawa and jihad -- The ISI's boys -- The long arm of the Lashkar -- Al-Qaeda queers the pitch -- Good jihadi/bad jihadi -- Expansion and integration -- Storming the world stage -- Days of reckoning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: Lashkar-e-Taiba is among the most powerful militants groups in South Asia and increasingly viewed as a global terrorist threat on par with al-Qaeda. Considered Pakistan's most powerful proxy against India, the group gained public prominence after its deadly ten-person suicide assault on Mumbai in November 2008. By the time the last Lashkar terrorist was dead after nearly 60 hours, it appeared the world was facing a new menace. Boasting transnational networks stretching across several continents, there has been serious debate since 9/11 of whether Lashkar is an al-Qaeda affiliate. The deliberat.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-334) and index.

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Lashkar-e-Taiba is among the most powerful militants groups in South Asia and increasingly viewed as a global terrorist threat on par with al-Qaeda. Considered Pakistan's most powerful proxy against India, the group gained public prominence after its deadly ten-person suicide assault on Mumbai in November 2008. By the time the last Lashkar terrorist was dead after nearly 60 hours, it appeared the world was facing a new menace. Boasting transnational networks stretching across several continents, there has been serious debate since 9/11 of whether Lashkar is an al-Qaeda affiliate. The deliberat.

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