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Bibliography: Al-Qaeda and Its Affiliated Organizations (Part 1) PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 6 Bibliography Bibliography: Al-Qaeda and its Affiliated Organizations (Part 1) Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes [Bibliographic Series of Perspectives on Terrorism - BSPT-JT-2017-7] Abstract This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature, bibliog- raphies and other resources on Al-Qaeda and its affiliated organizations. Though focusing on recent literature, the bibliography is not restricted to a particular time period and covers publications up to early November 2017. The literature has been retrieved by manually browsing more than 200 core and periphery sources in the field of Terrorism Studies. Additionally, full-text and reference retrieval systems have been employed to expand the search. Keywords: bibliography; resources; literature; Al-Qaeda; affiliates; franchises; AQC; AQAP; AQIM; AQIS; HTS; Osama bin Laden; Ayman al-Zawahiri NB: All websites were last visited on 08.11.2017. A previous bibliography on Al-Qaeda since 2001 has been pub- lished by Eric Price in Issue 7(1) of “Perspectives on Terrorism”. - See also Note for the Reader at the end of this literature list. Bibliographies and other Resources Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2012, November-): Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Blog. URL: http://www.aymenn- jawad.org/blog Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2017, November): November 2017 Release of Abbottabad Compound Ma- terial. [Data Set]. URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/index.html Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) (n.d.-): ISIL, Syria & Iraq Resources. URL: https://www.ctc.usma.edu/ isil-resources Delong-Bas, Natana (2011): Al-Qaeda. (Oxford Bibliographies). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Demolinari (2009, May-). @demolinari. URL: https://twitter.com/demolinari NATO Multimedia Library (2011, May): Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. (Thematic Bibliography No. 5/11). URL: http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_library_them/20110503_them0511.pdf NATO Multimedia Library (2012, October): The Iraq War, 2003-2011: Books. (Thematic Bibliography No. 8/12). URL: http://www.natolibguides.info/ld.php?content_id=10701676 NATO Multimedia Library (2016, February): From Al Qaida to ISIS: The Evolution of Terrorism. (Thematic Bibliography No. 1/16). URL: http://www.natolibguides.info/ld.php?content_id=19411574 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI); University of Oslo (2016-): Jihadi Document Repository. URL: http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/jihadi-document-repository/index.html Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) (2015, May-): Bin Laden’s Bookshelf. URL: https:// www.dni.gov/index.php/features/bin-laden-s-bookshelf Pike, John; Aftergood, Steven (n.d.): al-Qa’ida (The Base) – Sources and Resources. (FAS Intelligence Resource Program Bibliography). URL: https://fas.org/irp/world/para/ladin.htm ISSN 2334-3745 168 December 2017 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 6 Price, Eric (2011, September): Selected Literature on Terrorism and Political Violence/Conflict in Africa since the Second World War. Perspectives on Terrorism, 5(3-4), 118-133. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/ pt/index.php/pot/article/view/164 Price, Eric (2012, October): Bibliography: Inside Terrorist Organisations. Perspectives on Terrorism, 6(4-5), 160-168. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/222 Price, Eric (2013, February): Literature on Al-Qaeda since 2001. Perspectives on Terrorism, 7(1), 114-144. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/246 Ryan, Kevin et al. (Eds.) (2006-): Journal of 9/11 Studies. URL: http://www.journalof911studies.com Sinai, Joshua (2016, December): Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 12 Books on Al-Qaida and ISIS-Related Sub- jects. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(6), 207-212. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/ article/view/568 Tinnes, Judith (2015, December): Bibliography: Homegrown Terrorism and Radicalisation. Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(6), 119-153. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/476 Tinnes, Judith (2016, December): Bibliography: Islamist Terrorism in Europe. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(6), 171-206. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/567 Zelin, Aaron Y. (2010, June-): Jihadology. URL: http://jihadology.net Books and Edited Volumes Alexander, Yonah; Swetnam, Michael S. (2012): Al-Qa’ida: Ten Years after 9/11 and beyond. Arlington: Poto- mac Institute Press. Ardolino, Bill (2013): Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheikhs, and the Battle against al Qaeda. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Atkins, Stephen E. (Ed.) (2011): The 9/11 Encyclopedia. (2nd ed.) (2 Vols.). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. Atran, Scott (2010): Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists. New York: Ecco Press. Atwan, Abdel Bari (2012): After bin Laden: Al Qaeda, the Next Generation. London: Saqi Books. Atwan, Abdel Bari (2012): The Secret History of al Qaeda. (Updated ed.). London: Saqi Books. Baken, Denise N.; Mantzikos, Ioannis (2015): Al Qaeda: The Transformation of Terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa. (PSI Guides to Terrorists, Insurgents, and Armed Groups). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. Barzilai, Yaniv (2013): 102 Days of War: How Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda & the Taliban Survived 2001. Dull- es: Potomac Books. Basinsky, Kathryn; Brandon, James (Eds.) (2015): Al-Qaeda and its Heirs: Select Conference Papers from the Eighth Annual Terrorism Conference, December 9, 2014. Washington, DC: The Jamestown Foundation. Bergen, Peter L. (2006): The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader. New York: Free Press. Bergen, Peter L. (2011): The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda. New York: Free Press. Berger, J. M. (2011): Jihad Joe: Americans who Go to War in the Name of Islam. Dulles: Potomac Books. ISSN 2334-3745 169 December 2017 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 6 Bevy, Lawrence J. (Ed.) (2006): Al-Qaeda: An Organization to be Reckoned with. New York: Novinka Books. Brenner, William J. (2016): Confounding Powers: Anarchy and International Society from the Assassins to Al Qaeda. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Brisard, Jean-Charles; Martinez, Damien (2005): Zarqawi: The New Face of al-Qaeda. Cambridge: Polity Press. Burke, Jason (2003): Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror. London: I.B. Tauris. Burke, Jason (2007): Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam. (3rd updated and revised ed.). London: Pen- guin. Byman, Daniel (2015): Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement. (What Everyone Needs to Know®). New York: Oxford University Press. Celso, Anthony (2014): Al-Qaeda’s Post-9/11 Devolution: The Failed Jihadist Struggle against the Near and Far Enemy. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Chaliand, Gérard; Blin, Arnaud (Eds.) (2007): The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda. (Edward Schneider; Kathryn Pulver; Jesse Browner, Trans.). Berkeley: University of California Press. Chapman, Abigail; Adelman, Janice (Eds.) (2011, Fall): Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations Pilot Effort: Focus on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). (SMA Conference Report). Boston: NSI, Inc. URL: http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Influencing-Violent-Extremist-Effort-Fo- cus-on-Al-Qaeda-in-the-Arabian-Peninsula-AQAP-Fall-2011.pdf Chauhan, Sharad S. (2003): The al-Qaeda Threat. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. Chivvis, Christopher S. (2016): The French War on Al Qa’ida in Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press. Coolsaet, Rik (2005): Al-Qaeda, the Myth: The Root Causes of International Terrorism and how to Tackle them. (Erika Peeters, Trans.). Gent: Academia Press. Corbin, Jane (2003): Al-Qaeda: In Search of the Terror Network that Threatens the World. (Updated ed.). New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press / Nation Books. Cottam, Martha L.; Huseby, Joe W.; with Bruno Baltodano (2016): Confronting al Qaeda: The Sunni Awaken- ing and American Strategy in al Anbar. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Cruickshank, Paul (Ed.) (2013): Al Qaeda. (5 Vols.). (Critical Concepts in Political Science). Abingdon: Rout- ledge. Davidson, Christopher M. (2016): Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East. London: Oneworld. Dumont, Gabriel A. (Ed.) (2010): Yemen: Background, Issues, and Al Qaeda Role. (Countries, Regional Stud- ies, Trading Blocks, Unions, World Organizations). Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers. English, Richard (Ed.) (2015): Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. (Proceedings of the British Acad- emy). Oxford: Oxford University Press / British Academy. English, Richard (2016): Does Terrorism Work? A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ensalaco, Mark (2008): Middle Eastern Terrorism: From Black September to September 11. Philadelphia: Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Press. Fenner, Lorry M.; Stout, Mark E.; Goldings, Jessica L. (Eds.) (2012): 9.11.: Ten Years Later: Insights on al-Qae- da’s Past & Future through Captured Records: Conference Proceedings. [e-Book]. Washington, DC: The Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. URL: https://issuu.com/johnshopkinsaap/ ISSN 2334-3745 170 December 2017 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 6 docs/gov1220_ndu-final-issuu Fishman, Brian H. (2016): The Master Plan: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory. New Haven: Yale University Press. Fishman, Brian (Ed.) (2008, July): Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout: Al-Qa’ida’s Road in and out of Iraq. (CTC
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