The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State - Couverture rigide

McCants, William

 
9781250080905: The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1250080908 ISBN 13 : 9781250080905
Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Islamic State is one of the most lethal and successful jihadist groups in modern history, surpassing even al-Qaeda. Thousands of its followers have marched across Syria and Iraq, subjugating millions, enslaving women, beheading captives, and daring anyone to stop them. Thousands more have spread terror beyond the Middle East under the Islamic State's black flag.

How did the Islamic State attract so many followers and conquer so much land? By being more ruthless, more apocalyptic, and more devoted to state-building than its competitors. The shrewd leaders of the Islamic State combined two of the most powerful yet contradictory ideas in Islam-the return of the Islamic Empire and the end of the world-into a mission and a message that shapes its strategy and inspires its army of zealous fighters. They have defied conventional thinking about how to wage wars and win recruits. Even if the Islamic State is defeated, jihadist terrorism will never be the same.

Based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few have seen - William McCants' The ISIS Apocalypse explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.

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À propos de l?auteur

William McCants directs the project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution. He is adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University and a former U.S. State Department senior adviser for countering violent extremism. McCants has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Éditeur
St Martin's Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1250080908
ISBN 13 
9781250080905
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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