The Islamic State
A Brief Introduction
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 stopped?In 2014 the Islamic State seemingly appeared out of nowhere, routing Iraqi forces, conquering Iraq's second-largest city, boldly announcing the establishment of a caliphate, and declaring itself the Islamic State (IS). Today, IS controls thousands of square miles and is attempting to govern millions of people.In this definitive guide to the Islamic State and its senior leadership, Charles R. Lister traces its root…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8157-2668-5
- EAN: 9780815726685
- Produktnummer: 22914949
- Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 110 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 497 KB
Über den Autor
Charles R. Lister is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution's Doha Center. He was formerly head of the Middle East and North Africa section at IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre.Ahmed Rashid is one of Pakistan's premier journalists and analysts. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Taliban. He writes for the Daily Telegraph, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, New York Review of Books, and The Nation.
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