The Islamic State

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An authoritative guide to the rise of the Islamic State and its senior leadership. How did the Islamic State grow from regional terrorist group to a brutal multinational bureaucratic machine What are its goals How can it be stoppedIn 2014 the Islamic State seemingly appeared out of nowhere, routing Iraqi forces, conquering Iraq s second largest city, boldly announcing Best Read The Islamic State author Charles R. Lister For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book is short enough at 85 Kindle pages to be considered a pamphlet or monograph and yet it clearly outlines the genesis and development of ISIS in Iraq and Syria It focusesintensely on ISIS strengths and weaknesses rather than ideology Rather than detail accounts of successes in the field or Western attempts to combat ISIS, it assumes a conversant and sympathetic Western audience He has ain depth treatment due to be published in the U.K in November this year Hurst and the This book is short enough at 85 Kindle pages to be considered a pamphlet or monograph and yet it clearly outlines the genesis and development of ISIS in Iraq and Syria It focusesintensely on ISIS strengths and weaknesses rather than ideology Rather th...Like It was fine For someone with literally no idea what IS is, I think it would be helpful especially in those first few months in 2014 2015 where the public was going insane and worried about this new threat to the Western world Now, however, it seems a little quaint and unnecessary In the US there are nopeople who straight up don t know who or what IS is, and instead we now have to figure out how to address some of the misconceptions and worries regarding IS Are these opinion Like It was fine For someone with literally no idea what IS is, I think it would be helpful especially in those first few months in 2014 2015 where the public was going insane and worried about this new threat to the Western world Now, however, it seems a little quaint and unnecessary In the US there are nopeople who straight up don t know who or what IS is, and instead we now have to figure out how to address some of the misconceptions and worries regarding IS Are these opinions going to be political Yes Everyone s scared of getting beheaded, but only Conservatives seem not to r...The book does read like it was rushed to publication and it probably was , and is already a bit dated However it has interesting insights on the battle strategies of ISIS.The book serves its purposes quite well without giving too much information it underlines the origins of IS, its current to the book positions and methods, and proposes the way to resist Nevertheless, on my opinion, it has several crucial drawbacks first of all, the author dedicates quite a big part of the book well, in propotion of its size to economic advantages population under IS has in contrast to those under official rule as a reason why IS has such a low resistnace in occupied ter The book serves its purposes quite well without giving too much information it underlines the origins of ...

The Islamic State
  • English
  • 21 December 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 130 pages
  • Charles R. Lister
  • The Islamic State