Al-Qaida after 9/11

"How did al-Qaida cope with the War on Terror in the decade after 9/11? This is the first book to analyse the inner workings of the group through the eyes of its mid-level leaders in Pakistan, who were, in practice, running al-Qaida's affairs when communications with bin Laden were slow or absent. Relying on a large collection of little-known Arabic primary sources about al-Qaida, including the "Abbottabad documents" - this book documents the reasons for Al-Qaida's demise after 9/11. The book focuses on Al-Qaida's performance in three areas: the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq; and international terrorism"--