Assignment
In The Strategic Failures of al Qaeda, McCabe feels critical mistakes were made by al Qaeda that led to various defeats in the years following 9/11. How would you explain the notion that these mistakes were a result of al Qaeda leadership not fulfilling its duties related to the issues of communication and mind influence; factors previously determined to be instrumental in successful radicalization and manipulation? Conversely, what information might illustrate that such issues were not within the leadership's control?
APA FORMAT
3 sources from below (include The Strategic Failures of al Qaeda)
1.5 pages
Reading:
• - Lahoud, Nelly, Stuart Caudill, Liam Collins, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Don Rassler, and Muhammad al-'Ubaydi. 2012. Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined? The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Harmony Program, 1-59.
• - McCabe, Thomas R. 2010. The Strategic Failures of al Qaeda. U.S. Army War College 40, no. 1: 60-70.
• - Gunaratna, Rohan, and Aviv Oreg. 2010. Al Qaeda's Organizational Structure and its Evolution. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 33, no. 12: 1043-1066..
Additional Resources:
Bruce Hoffman, 2011, Bin Ladin's Killing and its Effect on Al-Qa'ida: What Comes Next?, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.