CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PUBLISHER’S NOTE v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. PREFACE (2003) xv
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 1.Who is Osama bin Laden? 16
9. 2. Al Qaeda’s Organisation, Ideology and Strategy 54
10. 3. Al Qaeda’s Global Network 95
11. 4. Asia: Al Qaeda’s New Theatre 167
12. 5.The Al Qaeda Threat and the International Response 221
13. Notes 243
14. Index 263