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Author |
: Haroro J. Ingram |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0197520782 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780197520789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The ISIS Reader by : Haroro J. Ingram
In the wake of its 'Caliphate' declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and documentaries. Despite all this attention, persistent myths continue to shape - and misdirect - public understanding and strategic policy decisions. A significant factor in this trend has been a strong disinclination to engage critically with Islamic State's speeches and writings - as if doing so reflects empathy with the movement's goals or, even more absurdly, may itself lead to radicalization. Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials.
Author |
: Haroro J. Ingram |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2020-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780197536025 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0197536026 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The ISIS Reader by : Haroro J. Ingram
In the wake of its "Caliphate" declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and documentaries. Despite all this attention, persistent myths continue to shape--and misdirect--public understanding and strategic policy decisions. A significant factor in this trend has been a strong disinclination to engage critically with Islamic State's speeches and writings--as if doing so reflects empathy with the movement's goals or, even more absurdly, may itself lead to radicalisation. Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials. Scholar-practitioners with field experience in confronting the movement explore and contextualise its approach to warfare, propaganda and governance, examining the factors behind its dramatic evolution from failed proto-state in 2010 to standard-bearer of global jihadism in 2014, to besieged insurgency in 2018. The ISIS Reader will help anyone--students and journalists, military personnel, civil servants and inquisitive observers--to better understand not only the evolution of Islamic State and the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, but the importance of primary sources in doing so.
Author |
: Haroro J. Ingram |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2020-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780197536087 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0197536085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The ISIS Reader by : Haroro J. Ingram
In the wake of its "Caliphate" declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and documentaries. Despite all this attention, persistent myths continue to shape--and misdirect--public understanding and strategic policy decisions. A significant factor in this trend has been a strong disinclination to engage critically with Islamic State's speeches and writings--as if doing so reflects empathy with the movement's goals or, even more absurdly, may itself lead to radicalisation. Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials. Scholar-practitioners with field experience in confronting the movement explore and contextualise its approach to warfare, propaganda and governance, examining the factors behind its dramatic evolution from failed proto-state in 2010 to standard-bearer of global jihadism in 2014, to besieged insurgency in 2018. The ISIS Reader will help anyone--students and journalists, military personnel, civil servants and inquisitive observers--to better understand not only the evolution of Islamic State and the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, but the importance of primary sources in doing so.
Author |
: Michael Weiss |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2015-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781941393710 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1941393713 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis ISIS by : Michael Weiss
A revelatory look inside the world's most dangerous terrorist group. Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, along with other fledgling terrorist groups, as a “jayvee squad” compared to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. Beginning with the early days of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS’s first incarnation as “al-Qaeda in Iraq,” Weiss and Hassan explain who the key players are—from their elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to the former Saddam Baathists in their ranks—where they come from, how the movement has attracted both local and global support, and where their financing comes from. Political and military maneuvering by the United States, Iraq, Iran, and Syria have all fueled ISIS’s astonishing and explosive expansion. Drawing on original interviews with former US military officials and current ISIS fighters, the authors also reveal the internecine struggles within the movement itself, as well as ISIS’s bloody hatred of Shiite Muslims, which is generating another sectarian war in the region. Just like the one the US thought it had stopped in 2011 in Iraq. Past is prologue and America’s legacy in the Middle East is sowing a new generation of terror.
Author |
: Graeme Wood (Journalist) |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812988758 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812988752 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Way of the Strangers by : Graeme Wood (Journalist)
"The Way of the Strangers is an intimate journey into the minds of the Islamic State's true believers. From the streets of Cairo to the mosques of London, Wood interviews supporters, recruiters, and sympathizers of the group...Wood speaks with non-Islamic State Muslim scholars and jihadists, and explores the group's idiosyncratic, coherent approach to Islam...Through character study and analysis, Wood provides a clear-eyed look at a movement that has inspired so many people to abandon or uproot their families.
Author |
: Noah Feldman |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2009-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400824076 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400824079 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by : Noah Feldman
Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and lawlessness as Noah Feldman. His scholarship has defined the stakes in the Middle East today. Now, in this incisive book, Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the shari'a--the law of the traditional Islamic state--in the modern Muslim world. Western powers call it a threat to democracy. Islamist movements are winning elections on it. Terrorists use it to justify their crimes. What, then, is the shari'a? Given the severity of some of its provisions, why is it popular among Muslims? Can the Islamic state succeed--should it? Feldman reveals how the classical Islamic constitution governed through and was legitimated by law. He shows how executive power was balanced by the scholars who interpreted and administered the shari'a, and how this balance of power was finally destroyed by the tragically incomplete reforms of the modern era. The result has been the unchecked executive dominance that now distorts politics in so many Muslim states. Feldman argues that a modern Islamic state could provide political and legal justice to today's Muslims, but only if new institutions emerge that restore this constitutional balance of power. The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State gives us the sweeping history of the traditional Islamic constitution--its noble beginnings, its downfall, and the renewed promise it could hold for Muslims and Westerners alike.
Author |
: Abdel-Bari Atwan |
Publisher |
: Saqi |
Total Pages |
: 263 |
Release |
: 2015-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780863561016 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0863561012 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islamic State by : Abdel-Bari Atwan
Based on interviews with Islamic State insiders, Abdel Bari Atwan reveals the origins and modus operandi of the fastest-growing and richest terrorist group in the world. Outlining its leadership structure and strategies, Atwan describes the group's ideological differences with al-Qa`ida and why IS appear to pose a greater threat to the West. He shows how it has masterfully used social media, Hollywood `blockbuster'-style videos, and even jihadi computer games to spread its message and to recruit young people, from Tunisia to Bradford. As Islamic State continues to dominate the world's media headlines with acts of ruthless violence, Atwan considers its chances of survival and offers indispensable insight into potential government responses to contain the IS threat.
Author |
: James Verini |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2019-09-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393652482 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393652483 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate by : James Verini
"They Will Have to Die Now is the story of what happened after most Americans stopped paying attention to Iraq…It will take its place among the very best war writing of the past two decades." —George Packer, author of Our Man and The Assassins’ Gate James Verini arrived in Iraq in the summer of 2016 to write about life in the Islamic State. He stayed to cover the jihadis’ last great stand, the Battle of Mosul, not knowing it would go on for nearly a year, nor that it would become, in the words of the Pentagon, "the most significant urban combat since WWII." They Will Have to Die Now takes the reader into the heart of the conflict against the most lethal insurgency of our time. We see unspeakable violence, improbable humanity, and occasional humor. We meet an Iraqi major fighting his way through the city with a bad leg; a general who taunts snipers; an American sergeant who removes his glass eye to unnerve his troops; a pair of Moslawi brothers who welcomed the Islamic State, believing, as so many Moslawis did, that it might improve their shattered lives. Verini also relates the rich history of Iraq, and of Mosul, one of the most beguiling cities in the Middle East.
Author |
: Jay Sekulow |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2014-10-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501105135 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501105132 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rise of ISIS by : Jay Sekulow
Jay Sekulow closely examines the rise of the terrorist groups ISIS, their objectives and capabilities.
Author |
: Fawaz A. Gerges |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2021-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691211923 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691211922 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis ISIS by : Fawaz A. Gerges
An authoritative introduction to ISIS—now expanded and revised to bring events up to the present The Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build governing institutions and a theologically grounded national identity. What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world’s leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling explanation of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS. This new edition brings the story of ISIS to the present, covering key events—from the military defeat of its territorial state to the death of its leader al-Baghdadi—and analyzing how the ongoing Syrian, Iraqi, and Saudi-Iranian conflict could lead to ISIS’s revival.