The Isis Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement - Couverture rigide

Ingram, Haroro J; Whiteside, Associate Professor Of National Security Affairs Craig; Winter, Senior Research Fellow International Centre For The Study Of Radicalisation Charlie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0197501435 ISBN 13 : 9780197501436

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2020

Synopsis

In the wake of its "Caliphate" declaration in 2014, the self-described Islamic State has been the focus of countless academic papers, government studies, media commentaries and documentaries. Despite all this attention, persistent myths continue to shape--and misdirect--public understanding and strategic policy decisions. A significant factor in this trend has been a strong disinclination to engage critically with Islamic State's speeches and writings--as if doing so reflects empathy with the movement's goals or, even more absurdly, may itself lead to radicalisation.

Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials. Scholar-practitioners with field experience in confronting the movement explore and contextualise its approach to warfare, propaganda and governance, examining the factors behind its dramatic evolution from failed proto-state in 2010 to standard-bearer of global jihadism in 2014, to besieged insurgency in 2018. The ISIS Reader will help anyone--students and journalists, military personnel, civil servants and inquisitive observers--to better understand not only the evolution of Islamic State and the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, but the importance of primary sources in doing so.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Haroro J. Ingram is a senior research fellow at George Washington University's Program on Extremism.

Craig Whiteside teaches National Security Affairs at the Naval War College Monterey, California.

Charlie Winter is a senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, King's College London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0197501435
• ISBN 13: 9780197501436
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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