Books by Shaul Shay

Since 1991 Somalia has been defined as a failing state, one that lacks an effective central government

The terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was the climax of a course plotted by Osama Bin Laden to bring about his apocalyptic vision of a decisive clash between the Western and Moslem worlds

The disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s ended the Yugoslavian Federation, which for nearly fifty years had succeeded in preserving a delicate coexistence among the ethnic, religious, and national components contained within it. This book describes and analyzes the growth of radical Islam in the Balkans.

Detailing the organizational workings and belief system of Bin-Laden's brutal campaign, the authors explore the background and objectives of the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the elaborate planning that went into them, and the process of their practical execution.

Dramatic events in Somalia between June and December 2006 included the rise and fall of a radical Islamic movement, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which attracted global attention to the strategic area of the Horn of Africa. This volume analyzes the background and the events that led Somalia to this situation.

Examines the three countries - Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen - designated as the Red Sea Terror Triangle, and explores the ties each maintains with Islamic terror, as well as the reciprocal links between them.