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A TIMELY STUDY OF THE ISLAMIC STATE BY AN EXPERT IN GLOBAL TERRORISM
An updated, revised and expanded edition of Loretta Napoleoni's bestselling book on ISIS, The Islamist Phoenix (Seven Stories, 2014).
From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL and Al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an area larger than the UK to its own vicious brand of Sharia law.
In ISIS: The Terror Nation, world-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni takes us beyond the headlines, demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak, the organisation is proposing a new model for nation building. Waging a traditional war of conquest to carve out the 21st century version of the original Caliphate, ISIS uses modern technology to recruit and fundraise while engaging the local population in the day-to-day running of the new state.
Rising from the ashes of failing jihadist enterprises, the Islamic State has shown a deep understanding of Middle Eastern politics, fully exploiting proxy war and shell-state tactics. This is not another terrorist network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder. As Napoleoni writes, "Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial, it is dangerous. 'Know your enemy ' remains the most important adage in the fight against terrorism."
An updated, revised and expanded edition of Loretta Napoleoni's bestselling book on ISIS, The Islamist Phoenix (Seven Stories, 2014).
From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL and Al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an area larger than the UK to its own vicious brand of Sharia law.
In ISIS: The Terror Nation, world-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni takes us beyond the headlines, demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak, the organisation is proposing a new model for nation building. Waging a traditional war of conquest to carve out the 21st century version of the original Caliphate, ISIS uses modern technology to recruit and fundraise while engaging the local population in the day-to-day running of the new state.
Rising from the ashes of failing jihadist enterprises, the Islamic State has shown a deep understanding of Middle Eastern politics, fully exploiting proxy war and shell-state tactics. This is not another terrorist network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder. As Napoleoni writes, "Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial, it is dangerous. 'Know your enemy ' remains the most important adage in the fight against terrorism."
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"...a great entry point for those in want of a more solid understanding of the history of complexities of involved in the rise of the Islamist State." --Chelsea Manning
About the Author:
Loretta Napoleoni is a woman of the left who garners praise from Chomsky and Palast while being quoted respectfully in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal. She is a leading expert on global terror, and the author of Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality (Seven Stories, 2008), Terror Incorporated (Seven Stories, 2005), Maonomics (Seven Stories, 2012) and The Islamist Phoenix (Seven Stories, 2014). She has worked as London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, El País, and Le Monde. She holds an MPhil in terrorism from LSE. She has travelled widely in the Middle East meeting top financial and political leaders. She lives in London and Montana.
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- Publication date2017
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