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File Size: 1534 KB
Print Length: 375 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (November 19, 2012)
Publication Date: November 12, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B007Q6XMNS
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The book is a fascinating read for the specialist or non specialist. Johnsen gives us a well researched narrative that is powerful and compelling and certainly helps one to understand the crisis of Yemen better.Be careful not to expect any kind of analysis of U.S. policy in Yemen. The book, while providing an in depth story, does not come to a set of conclusions or policy recommendations. In the last chapter of the book, the story of AQAP simply ends, without any kind of discussions about the implications of the story the book has so painstakingly laid out. From reading Johnsen's blogs and other materials, it seems like he has quite strong (and very intelligently put) opinions about U.S. policy in the region, and it is a disappointment that these weren't included in this book.
The history of terrorism in Yemen and the limits of U.S. foreign policy in distant, unfriendly lands are the twin subjects of Gregory Johnsen’s excellent book. He is one of the most knowledgeable people in the West on Yemen, having lived, studied and worked there for years and is currently finishing his Ph.D. in Near East Studies at Princeton. Johnsen wears his learning lightly—he seems to know the history and current affiliation of every tribe, ethnic group and political operation in the desert nation but “The Last Refuge†is written for the general reader. Johnsen is a careful stylist but his language is exciting and he paints a vivid picture of how Al Qaeda has affected Yemen and how the people, culture and landscape of Yemen have affected Al Qaeda.Ali Abdullah Salih ruled (or tried to rule) for over 30 years although the government of Yemen never controlled the entire country and often only held sway over Sana’a and the area immediately around the capital. He thought it would be a good idea to send young men to Afghanistan for jihad and then begin using them against his only real opposition, the Socialist Party. He realized too late that while setting a process in motion may seem easy, controlling it or even influencing its direction can become impossible. Many young men left as idealistic defenders of Islam against invasion from infidels and returned as hardened Al Qaeda operatives, experienced in combat and unwilling to live under Salih’s kleptocratic regime.And so these returning veterans created Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Salih was happy to allow U. S. counterinsurgency operations against AQAP but since they consisted solely using drones to kill those suspected of being ranking members of AQAP. The missiles fired by the drones sometime killed tribal or political enemies of the government of Yemen instead of their putative targets and more importantly, killed many Yemenis with no ties to Al Qaeda. Thus was a poorly coordinated rebellion turned into a large scale insurgency.Events caught up with Johnsen—the Salih regime fell shortly after he finished the book but recent events in Yemen including the Houthi occupation of Sana’a and the collapse of the government that followed Salih shows the impossibility of accounting for everything with such a fast changing and unpredictable set of actors.Highly recommended as a detailed history and analysis of the growth of terrorism in Yemen and the U.S. response to it.
An incredibly detailed micro-level description of the people, the intrigue, and the exotic drama of the early days of al-Queda, including Osama bin Ladin, Ayman al-Zawahiri and dozens of others less familiar. The writing is fluent and compelling. One wonders how the author was able to get such micro-level detail. Surely not from publicly available documents and a few well-informed interviews. While all this takes place in Yemen, the book's laser-like focus on Yemen as a staging ground for radical extremists limits its attention to Yemen as an actual country. I was hoping to learn something about Yemen the country and was disappointed not to find even one chapter providing context on Yemen: its history, complex ethic divisions, geo-political significance, Britain's hasty departure as the colonial power in South Yemen, Saudi-Egyptian rivalry and sometimes cooperation in containing (and at times fomenting) Yemeni radicalism. It's a good read for those who enjoy exotic action dramas, but you'll need to look elsewhere to learn anything about Yemen or to understand the current turmoil in that country.
Insightful book on the US efforts to stop Al Qaeda and AQAP in Yemen. Gives an inside look at personalities, ideologies and conversations in clandestine meetings of major and minor players. Gives an understanding of how young men are recruited into terrorist organizations. The detailed information was very informative. Reads more like a spy novel than a history book. Greg Johnsen let the facts speak rather than give conclusions or recommendations.
I am very interested in this subject having read "The Looming Tower" which this author references extensively. The author tells and engaging story of Yemen and it's tribal environment. The research the author has done is impressive and his writting style is easy to follow. Be prepared for an enormous number of names which you will not easily keep straight. I would recommend this book without reservation for someone who is a serious student of this subject.
Johnson didn't miss anything in compiling facts for this work. It's hard to believe that it is even possible to amass so many facts and so much background information. I'm not aware of any other book that even comes close to giving such a complete picture of the events and societal forces at play in this complex country.
This book provides an excellent introduction into Yemen’s politics and the roots of its current troubles, as well as the rise of Al Qaeda in the region. For the most part it is highly readable and moves at a good pace - well worth reading for those interested in the topic.
Great comprehensive history of one of the least researched jihadists' hot spot, Yemen. If you are interested in the evolution of AQAP, or Yemen, this book is a must. Despite the dense information and historical facts, the book is so well written making it such an enjoyable and easy read.
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