ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Michael Weiss; Hassan Hassan

ISBN 10: 1941393578 / ISBN 13: 9781941393574

Published by Regan Arts., 2015

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Synopsis:

A revelatory look inside the world's most dangerous terrorist group.

Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, along with other fledgling terrorist groups, as a “jayvee squad” compared to al-Qaeda, 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 al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS’s first incarnation as “al-Qaeda in Iraq,” Weiss and Hassan explain who the key players are—from their elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 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 maneuvering by the United States, Iraq, Iran, and Syria have all fueled 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. 

About the Authors: Michael Weiss is a columnist for Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, andNOW Lebanon. He is also a fellow at the Institute of Modern Russia where he is the editor-in-chief ofThe Interpreter, an online translation journal.
 

Hassan Hassan is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme, and a columnist for The National newspaper. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy, and The New York Times.

Michael Weiss is a columnist for Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, and NOW Lebanon. He is also a fellow at the Institute of Modern Russia where he is the editor-in-chief of The Interpreter, an online translation journal.
Hassan Hassan is an analyst at the Delma Institute, a research center in Abu Dhabi, and a columnist for The National newspaper. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The New York Times.

Bibliographic Details

Title: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
Publisher: Regan Arts.
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket