The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691177937 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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A great book, by a great scholar A French scholar in Middle Eastern studies, I had the pleasure to discover the incredible talent of Prof. Bernard Rougier as soon as in 200A great book, by a great scholar Jean-Eloïs A French scholar in Middle Eastern studies, I had the pleasure to discover the incredible talent of Prof. Bernard Rougier as soon as in 2004, when he first published "Le Jihad au quotidien" ("Everyday Jihad" in English, published with Harvard University Press). I was amazed then by the quality of his fieldwork, of his analysis and the relevance of his conclusions for a deep, solid understanding of Sunni jihadism in the Levant. Rougier, a perfect arabic-speaking scholar who got his PhD in political science at the very prestigious university of Sciences Po in Paris, had spent years in Lebanon in Palestinian camps, courageously inter. , when he first published "Le Jihad au quotidien" ("Everyday Jihad" in English, published with Harvard University Press). I was amazed then by the quality of his fieldwork, of his analysis and the relevance of his conclusions for a deep, solid understanding of Sunni jihadism in the Levant. Rougier, a perfect arabic-speaking scholar who got his PhD in political science at the very prestigious university of Sciences Po in Paris, had spent years in Lebanon in Palestinian camps, courageously inter. Five Stars GFN Thanks
Bernard Rougier is professor of Arab civilization and society at Sorbonne Paris III University. He is the author of Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon.
Rougier takes readers from the 1980s through the period of Syria's withdrawal of its forces from Lebanon after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2005. It is a wondrous, if difficult, voyage."--Foreign Affairs"More than anything else, this volume amply illustrates the impossibly labyrinthine nature of armed politics in Lebanon. This book is a significant addition to the scholarship on modern Lebanon, political Islam in the Levant and the wider Middle East and Arab world, and Sunni jihadism."--Christopher Anzalone, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. One of Foreign Affairs’ Best Books on the Middle East (Lebanon) 2016"Rougier masterfully guides readers deep into t
Long under the sway of the Assad regime in Syria, it is now a magnet for Sunni Muslim jihadists inspired by anti-Western and anti-Shi‘a worldviews. He describes how they aspire to replace North Lebanon’s Sunni elites, who have been attacked and discredited by neighboring powers and jihadists alike, and explains how they have successfully positioned themselves as the local Sunni population’s most credible defender against powerful external enemiessuch as Iran and the Shi‘a militia group Hezbollah. He sheds new light on the methods and actions of the jihadists, their internal debates, and their evolving political agenda over the past decade.This riveting book is based on more than a decade of research, more than one hundred in-depth interviews with players at all levels, and Rougier’s extraordinary access to original source material. The Sunni Tragedy in the Middle East describes in harrowing detail the struggle led by an active minority of jihadist militants, some claiming allegiance to ISIS, to seize control of Islam and impose its rule over the region's Sunni Arab population.Bernard Rougier introduces us to men with links to the mujahidin in Afghanistan, the Sunni resistance in Iraq, al-Qaeda, and ISIS. Written by one of the world’s leading experts on jihadism, The S