Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State - Couverture souple

Hosken, Andrew

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9781780748061: Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State

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ISBN 10 : 178074806X ISBN 13 : 9781780748061

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2015

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

In June 2014 Islamic State launched an astonishing blitzkrieg which saw them seize control of an area in the Middle East that was roughly the size of Britain. The news was soon filled with their relentless acts of horror, yet nobody seemed to know who they were or where they d come from.

Now senior BBC correspondent Andrew Hosken delivers the inside story on Islamic State, from the circumstances that allowed for its creation to its shocking ascent to power. Through extensive first-hand reporting including interviews with regional experts, military commanders, civilians on the ground and even a few who met the terrorist leaders before they became radicalized Hosken builds a comprehensive picture of IS, their brutal ideology and exterminationist methods. Equally compelling and horrifying, Empire of Fear reveals how Islamic State came to be, explores how they might be defeated and asks a frightening question could we stop another group emerging to replace them?

Biographie de l'auteur :

Andrew Hosken is one of the BBC s most senior correspondents. Since joining Radio 4 in 1997, he has reported for the flagship current affairs programme, Today, as well as The World Tonight, From Our Own Correspondent, and the BBC World Service. He reported on the 9/11 attacks from New York and on the 7/7 attacks from London. Over the course of his career he has covered numerous Middle-Eastern conflicts and their aftermaths, including the Arab Spring, the fall of Gaddafi, and the rise of the Islamic State. In 2003, he won the One World Media Award for his series on Algerian terrorism. He is the author of two books on British political figures, Nothing Like a Dame, about the disgraced Conservative Dame Shirley Porter, and Ken, a biography of controversial London mayor Ken Livingstone.

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