Isis: Inside Ihe Army Of Terror

Descripción

A newly updated and revised edition of the New York Times bestselling and highlypraised book on ISIS with fresh revelations on Russia's campaign, how ISIS has evolved and the failure of America's policy. Updated through the end of 2015. Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, along with other fledgling terrorist groups, as a "jayvee squad" compared to alQaeda, 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 alZarqawi, the founder of ISIS's first incarnation as "alQaeda in Iraq," Weiss and Hassan explain who the key players are from their elusive leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi 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 manoeuvring by the United States, Iraq, Iran, and Syria have all fuelled 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.

Tapa blanda: 412 páginas
Editor: Simon + Schuster Inc.; Edición: 2nd revised and updated edition. (14 de abril de 2016)
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN10: 1682450295