Al-Qaeda's Armies
Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror

Schanzer dissects these groups and offers surprising recommendations for how to counter their threat.

Exposes the most significant terrorist threats from the world's most dangerous terror group and its affiliates; The first in a series of select co-publications between SPI Press and The Washington Institute's Publications Program (which has published nearly 100 books distributed by Brookings Institute) Using previously unpublished material from interviews in the Middle East, as well as hard-to-find information from the Arabic media, Schanzer presents a critical overview of al-Qaeda's Middle East affiliates, their histories, ideologies, and ties to Bin Laden's terrorist network. Indeed, he shows how critical these small groups are to the survival of al-Qaeda.