Al Qaeda in Its Own Words is a skillfully written, easily digestible combination of history, analysis, and review of the correspondence of some of the most well-known, influential actors in the al-Qaeda organization. Unlike Sayyid Qutb, these actors are not the "fathers" of radical Islamic movements, but they remain tactically, operationally, and strategically relevant. Kepel and Milelli present the contributions of scholars and professors from the Institute for Political Studies in Paris, whose expertise ranges over Islamism, contemporary Islam, Arabic, and political movements in Saudi Arabia, and who offer summaries of the lives, noteworthy events, and significant writings of Osama bin Laden, Abdallah Azzam, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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