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Part modern history, part explanatory narrative... Johnson moves deftly between decades, continents and languages.... The Last Refuge is a cogent insight into what the U.S. has done in the past twenty-five years--a bird's-eye-view on those successes and failures, in all their shades of horrid gray... --Haley Sweetland Edwards
Kurzbeschreibung
On 23 February 2006, 23 men escaped from a political prison to a mosque in Sanaʼa, the capital of Yemen. Two years later, they were joined by a dozen men released from Guantanamo Bay. These are the core of the new al-Qaeda, regrouping in the far reaches of Yemen and eager to wage war against the West and hijack the Arab Spring. Unrivalled Yemen expert Gregory Johnsen offers the first account of al-Qaedaʼs explosive growth in the country – a combustion of civil war,
Afghan refugees, and Muhammedʼs teachings. Based on years of on-the-ground interviews and research, he delivers a stunning and essential investigation of the true state of the Middle East.
Afghan refugees, and Muhammedʼs teachings. Based on years of on-the-ground interviews and research, he delivers a stunning and essential investigation of the true state of the Middle East.
