Chechen Jihad, Yossef Bodansky
Chechen Jihad, Yossef Bodansky
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Chechen Jihad
Al Qaeda’s Training Ground and the Next Wave of Terror

Author: Yossef Bodansky

Narrator: James Adams

Unabridged: 16 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/01/2007

Synopsis

If you think the next terrorist attacks are coming from the Middle East, think again. One of the world’s most respected experts on radical Islamism returns to alert Americans to the future course of Islamist extremism: the troubled regions of Chechnya.Bodansky draws on mountains of previously unseen intelligence from insider sources, offering the most comprehensive and startling portrait of the Chechenization phenomenon and what it means for the United States. As he reveals, the final years of US–Soviet relations left Chechnya as a fertile breeding ground for the mujahedin, and in the past decade a combination of militant native Chechen anti-Americans, anti-Russian agitators, and Middle Eastern jihadis have joined forces to help al Quaeda and the greater Islamist movement pursue its war against the West.

About Yossef Bodansky

Yossef Bodansky is the director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He is a former senior consultant for the US Departments of Defense and State. The author of nine books, including the number-one New York Times bestseller, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America, he divides his time between the Middle East and the Washington, DC, area.

About James Adams

James Adams is one of the world’s leading authorities on terrorism and intelligence, and for more than twenty-five years he has specialized in national security. He is also the author of fourteen bestselling books on warfare, with a particular emphasis on covert warfare. A former managing editor of the London Sunday Times and CEO of United Press International, he trained as a journalist in England, where he graduated first in the country. Now living in Southern Oregon, he has narrated numerous audiobooks and earned an AudioFile Earphones Award and two coveted Audie Award for best narration.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett

This book gave insight into the ongoing Islamic situation in Chechnya (or all least up until 2007-8). It began with historical figures against Imperial Russia and goes into modern conflicts on the First and Second Chechen Wars. The author also ties Islamist-Jihadist connections to the Arab Middles E......more

Goodreads review by Michael

I appreciate what Yossef Bodansky is trying to do in charting the conflict between Russia and Chechnya from over two hundred years ago, to the drive for independence during the free for all that developed when the Soviet Union collapsed, the first nationalist driven war between Russia and Chechnya i......more

Goodreads review by Sean

This book got me wondering about the similarities and differnces between the following issues: the 'strict' islamicization of indigenous cultures practicing elements of sufi mysticism... and the No Child Left Behind Act in American public schools. I can think of at least one similarity among myriad......more

Goodreads review by Mehmet

Not bad at all, in particular for following the networks and chronologic order of the process insinde/outside Chechnya and Russia. However, some parts regarding foreign networks aren't clear and persuasive.........more

Goodreads review by Peter

My Amazon review on August 20, 2017: Good content, poorly executed As others have noted there is a ton of material in here, much of it extremely valuable and informative. However, it is a complete mess. Was an editor involved at any step in the process? Criticisms: 1) no maps, none; 2) no footnotes o......more

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