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Inside ISIS : the brutal rise of a terrorist army / Benjamin Hall.
By embedding himself behind enemy lines, Hall provides a riveting narrative based on firsthand experience and personal interviews. He goes beyond the vicious jihadis, to reveal a generation of chaos, and uncover a volatile region engulfed in turmoil. Hall reveals why ISIS is a problem that will define the Middle East - and the West - for decades to come.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455590575 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1455590576 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781455590582 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 1455590584 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Center Street, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | ISIS homecoming -- The Caliph -- Syria's collapse -- Iraq implodes -- Twisted ideology -- Military prowess: the greatest weapon is fear -- Kidnapped and murdered -- Sex -- Steven Sotloff -- Cold war: Saudi Arabia vs Iran -- Alan Henning and David Haines -- Qatar, Libya, Kuwait -- Executions -- Centralized funding -- Khorason -- Children of the Caliphate -- Abdul Rahman Peter Kassig -- Christians slaughtered -- Inner working of ISIS -- Sharia life -- Foreign fighters -- Turkish border -- Syria's Kurds and Kobane -- Iraqi Kurds -- Kurdish arms bazaar -- Social media -- Other support for ISIS -- What lies ahead -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note. |
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