The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat

World-renowned experts on terrorism track the evolution of global jihad from the attack on the World Trade Center to the death of Osama bin Laden.

Bruce Hoffman is a professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and the director of its Center for Security Studies and its Security Studies Program, as well as a senior fellow at the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. He is also the author of Inside Terrorism (Columbia, 1998), now in its third edition.

Fernando Reinares is a professor of political science and security studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and a director of the Program on Global Terrorism at Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, Spain. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the author of Al-Qaeda's Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings (Columbia, 2016).

Paul Springer:
An excellent single-volume source on the rise, activities, and possible decline of Al Qaeda.... It is a worthy addition to the shelves of any reader interested in terrorism, Al Qaeda, and global efforts to counter radical, violent ideology.

Assaf Moghadam:
Will stand as one of the most important documents of one of the most turbulent decades in modern history. It is an instant classic that no serious scholar of terrorism and political violence can afford to ignore.

This volume belongs in every reader's terrorism library.

One of the most intensive studies focused on world terrorism in the decade following 9/11.

A seminal body of work and very strongly recommended for both community and academic library reference collections, as well as the supplement reading lists for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the 20th Century history and development of Islamic militant and terrorist organizations.

A useful starting point for readers who wish to understand how to unravel and defuse terrorist threats.

Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad:
Leading authorities on terrorism ably dissect the exact scope and nature of the threat posed by al-Qaeda and allied groups in the decade after 9/11 in a work that is both comprehensive and authoritative.

Richard English, director, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews:
Compelling and important. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand al-Qaeda or international terrorism.

Daniel Byman, Georgetown University, and senior fellow, Brookings Institution:
The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat offers the definitive account of al-Qaeda's plots in the post-9/11 era. Bruce Hoffman, Fernando Reinares, and the volume's other noted experts provide detailed analyses of al-Qaeda-linked plots around the world, making a compelling case that the al-Qaeda core remains an active terrorism threat to governments everywhere.