TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Vahid AU - Rassler,Don TI - Fountainhead of jihad: the Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012 SN - 9780199327980 (hardcover : acidfree paper) AV - HV6433. P182. U1 - 363.325095491 23 PY - 2013///. CY - Oxford ; New York : PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Haqqani (Organization) KW - Jihad KW - Terrorism KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Terrorists KW - Pakistan KW - History N1 - “Includes bibliography”—(pages 295-305); Contents: Authors’ acknowledgements—List of illustrations—Introduction—1. Situating the Haqqanis : origins, political culture, regional contexts—2. Birth of the nexus : the Haqqani Network, foreign fighters, and the origins of al-Qa’ida—3. The fountainhead : the Haqqani Network, the Taliban, and the rise of global Jihad—4. Local : Pakistani Taliban factions and other local insurgent units—5. Regional : the Pakistani state and its inter-services intelligence directorate—6. Global : al-Qa’ida and other global Jihadist groups—7. Entanglements and management of the Haqqanis’ nexus position—Conclusion—Notes—Bibliography—Index ER -