01960cam a2200325 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000260008803500130011404000180012704200080014504300300015308200320018310000240021524500910023926000330033030000350036333600260039833700280042433800270045250400510047952009300053061000250146065000320148565000480151765000330156565100360159817385328OSt20260226144256.0120713s2013    nyub     b    001 0 eng    a  2012027875  a9781922070012c(pbk.)  a17385328  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  aa-ye---aap-----an-us---00aCir./363.32509533/J659/20121 aJohnsen, Gregory D.14aThe last refuge :bYemen, al-Qaeda, and America's war in Arabia /cGregory D. Johnsen.  aAustralia :bScribe,cc2012.  axv, 352 pages :bmap ;c22 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aFar from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers in an unforgiving corner of Arabia.

The Last Refuge charts the rise, fall, and resurrection of al-Qaeda in Yemen over the last thirty years, detailing how a group that the United States once defeated has now become one of the world’s most dangerous threats. An expert on Yemen who has spent years on the ground there, Gregory D. Johnsen uses al-Qaeda’s Arabic battle notes to reconstruct their world as they take aim at the United States and its allies. Johnsen brings readers in-side al-Qaeda’s training camps and safe houses as the terrorists plot poison attacks and debate how to bring down an airliner on Christmas Day. The Last Refuge is an eye-opening look at the successes and failures of fighting a new type of war in one of the most turbulent countries in the world.20aQaida (Organization) 0aTerrorismzYemen (Republic) 0aTerrorismzPersian Gulf RegionxPrevention. 0aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary policy.