The Second Front: Inside Jemaah Islamiyah, Asia's Most Dangerous Terrorist Network

by Kenneth J. Conboy

Decades before al-Qaeda took shape, religious radicals in Southeast Asia were laying the groundwork for a struggle to achieve a backward-looking utopia. This is the story of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the secretive organization that spans no less than half a dozen nations and seeks the full implementation of their intolerant take on Islam. In The Second Inside Asia's Most Dangerous Terrorist Network , best-selling author Ken Conboy pieces together the planning and execution of JI's most deadly terrorist acts from exclusive interviews and classified reports. In details never before revealed, it delves into the minds of the group's leaders - from the professorial bomb expert Azhari to the al-Qaeda proxy Hambali. From the shadows of the Hindu Kush to battlefields on the Spice Islands, The Second Front peels back the veil of secrecy and chronicles the successes in bringing down this network, as well as exposes the missed opportunities by regional governments to prevent terrorist acts and sectarian violence that have taken the lives of thousands. KEN CONBOY , the bestselling author of Inside Indonesia's Intelligence Service and Inside Indonesia's Special Forces , is country manager for Risk Management Advisory, a private security consultancy in Jakarta. Prior to that, he served as deputy director at the Asian Studies Center, an influential Washington-based think tank, where his duties including writing policy papers for the U.S. Congress and Executive on economic and strategic relations with the nations of South and Southeast Asia. A graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and of Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, Conboy was also a visiting fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and has lived in Indonesia since 1992.

Genres: Military Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Kenneth J. Conboy is a former policy analyst and deputy director at the Asian Studies Center in Washington, D.C., and author or coauthor of seventeen books, including The CIA’s Secret War in Tibet and Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam and, most recently, FANK: A History of the Cambodian Armed Forces.

Reviews

[Adityas Nugroho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Membahas terorisme di Indonesia sejak 90an - bom bali 2.

[Raynard Pardede · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last year, I met and interviewed some of the Jemaah Islamiyah members who fought during the Ambonese conflict from 1999-2002. The story I've been told and the information in the book, was quite different. Really can't tell who's right or wrong. Perhaps that's explained the complexity of the social conflict in Indonesia, particularly the post-Soeharto regime.

[Agustinus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku ini membahas dengan tuntas sejarah kaum radikal berlandaskan agama di Indonesia yang sudah dimulai sejak Indonesia baru merdeka. Buku yang sangat menarik untuk dibaca. Ditulis oleh penulis "Intel: Menguak Tabir Dunia Intelijen Indonesia", Ken Conboy.

Dikupas tuntas latar belakang berbagai peristiwa pemboman yang terjadi di Indonesia.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

nothing like keeping yourself on Southeast asia's terror network