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Al-Qaeda: from global network to local franchise
by ProQuest (Firm), Hellmich, Christina
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Since 9/11, al-Qaeda has dominated discussions of national and international security. Yet conflicting assumptions about the nature of the group and the implications of bin Ladin's death abound. Rather than just providing another biography of al-Qaeda, the author forensically ex…
Since 9/11, al-Qaeda has dominated discussions of national and international security. Yet conflicting assumptions about the nature of the group and the implications of bin Ladin's death abound. Rather than just providing another biography of al-Qaeda, the author forensically ex…
"Christina Hellmich forensically examines the most authoritative sources on which the present understanding of al-Qaeda relies, examining the discrepancies between what is reported and what can realistically be known"--Publisher.
Drawing on representations of war-related death, dying and bodily damage as case studies, the essays in this book examine the erasure of recent military interventions as depicted in film by US and European filmmakers. Exploring films such as Zero Dark Thiry and American Sniper a…
The battles fought in the name of the 'war on terror' have re-ignited questions about the changing nature of war, and the experience of war for those geographically distant from its real world consequences. What is missing from our highly mediated experience of war? What are the…
"Drawing on representations of war-related death, dying and bodily damage as case studies, the essays in this book examine the erasure of recent military interventions as depicted in film by US and European filmmakers. Exploring films such as Zero Dark Thiry and American Sniper …