Cook, David, 1966-

Understanding Jihad / David Cook. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005. - x, 259 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and index.

Quran and conquest -- The "greater Jihad" and the "lesser Jihad" -- The crystallization of Jihad theory : crusade and counter-crusade -- Jihad during the nineteenth century : resistance and renewal -- Radical Islam and contemporary Jihad theory -- Globalist radical Islam and martyrdom operations.

0520242033 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520244486 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004026561


Jihad.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam--21st century.

BP182 / .C66 2005

297.7/2