The ISIS Crisis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1329Keywords:
ISIS, jihadi, terrorism, al-Qaeda, political violenceAbstract
This essay provides reviews of the following books: Daniel Byman, Al-Qaida, The Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015) Patrick Cockburn, The Jihadis return: ISIS and the New Sunni Uprising (New York: Or Books, 2014) Jessica Stern and J. M. Berger, ISIS: The State of Terror (London: William Collins, 2015) Fawaz A. Gerges, ISIS: A History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016) William McCants, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State (New York: St Martin’s Press, 2015) Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (New York: Regan Arts, 2015)
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2017-02-08
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