false 1481831 1 <P>Yossef Bodansky is a New York Times bestselling author, and one of the most respected &ndash; and best&ndash;informed &ndash; experts on radical Islamism in the world today. Now, Bodansky returns to alert readers to the future course the struggle between Islamist extremism and the West &ndash; by turning the spotlight on the troubled region of Chechnya, which Bodansky pinpoints as the new crucible of terror in the struggle between east and west. </P><P> In Chechen Jihad, Bodansky draws on mountains of previously unseen intelligence from his insider sources, to offer the most comprehensive &ndash; and startling &ndash; portrait of the Chechenization phenomenon and what it means for the United States and the greater war on terror. As he reveals, the final years of US&ndash;Soviet relations left Chechnya as a fertile breeding ground for the mujahadin, and in the past decade a combination of militant native Chechen anti&ndash;Americans, anti&ndash;Russian agitators, and Middle Eastern jihadis have joined forces to help al Qaeda and the greater Islamist movement pursue its war against the west. </P> 1472940 1 1 2007 Chechen Jihad: Al Qaeda's Training Ground and the Next Wave of Terror total:15|5:1|4:5|3:6|2:2|1:1| 15 48 25 5 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:12:28 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 21:19:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 14 14:08:17 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 19:45:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 14:08:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 10:19:03 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 05:23:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 12 08:43:20 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 12:27:59 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 08:43:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 13 12:00:19 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 19:37:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:03:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:03:39 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 22:48:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 22:48:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 23:11:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 23:12:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 17 05:43:02 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 05:43:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 15:27:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 15:27:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 21:16:55 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 21:16:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 02 14:02:06 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:02:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 15:25:25 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 15:25:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 26 18:03:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:03:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 07 06:17:55 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 06:17:55 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 12:26:07 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 12:26:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Sep 09 16:41:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 16:41:42 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 09:04:22 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 24 09:45:09 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 09:04:22 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jul 08 16:22:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 16:22:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 12 20:12:17 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 20:12:17 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1481831