The 7/7 London Underground Bombing, Not So Homegrown: A Selection from: The Evolution of the Global Terrorist

by Bruce Hoffman

Overview

An analysis of the suicide attacks against London transportation targets that killed 56 people and injured hundreds, by the author of Inside Terrorism.
 
It was among the most important operations directed by core al Qaeda leaders in years following the events of September 11, 2001. Initially, the incident was dismissed by the authorities, pundits, and the media as the work of amateur terrorists—untrained, self-selected and self-radicalized, “bunches of guys” acting on their own with no links to any terrorist organization.
 
Evidence presented here, however, reveals a clear link between the bombers and the highest levels of the al Qaeda senior command, then based in the lawless border area separating Afghanistan and Pakistan. Written by the author of Inside Terrorism, this chapter is part of the Columbia Studies series that examines major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following 9/11.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231538862
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2020
Series:	To the Point
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	42
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Bruce Hoffman is the director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a senior fellow at the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. He previously was scholar-in-residence for counterterrorism at the Central Intelligence Agency between 2004 and 2006. He is the author of Inside Terrorism.

Table of Contents

The 7 July 2005 London Bombings
Notes

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death

The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat offers the definitive account of Al Qaeda's plots in the post-9/11 era. Hoffman, Reinares, and the 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.-- Daniel Byman, Georgetown University

Assembling some of the world's best qualified experts on terrorism, the editors have produced a book clearly written, thought-provoking and packed with descriptive information.--Gary LaFree, START Center, University of Maryland

A compelling and important book, deploying leading scholars to assess the recent evolution of global terrorism. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand al-Qaeda or international terrorism.--Richard English, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, UK

In The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares have assembled some of the world's leading authorities on terrorism. In this volume those experts 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.--Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt:The Ten Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad.

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