The Rise of Islamic State

Isis and the New Sunni Revolution

Bibliographic Data

ID19981052
AuthorsPatrick Cockburn, Patrick Joseph Luke Cockburn (0000-0001-5246-696X, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages172
Publication date2015-02-03
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byThe rise of Islamic State: Isis and the new Sunni revolution, Adham Saouli, 2015
VenueThe rise of Islamic State (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherVerso (PUBLISHER)
OpenAlexW750449718
Open LibraryOL27174245M
ISBN9781784780401
LanguageEN
Citations received33

Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. While they call for the formation of a new caliphate once again the West becomes a target. How could things have gone so badly wrong? In The Rise of Islamic State, Cockburn analyzes the reasons for the unfolding of US and the West's greatest foreign policy debacle and the impact that it has on the war-torn and volatile Middle East

Al qaeda · Ancient history · Archaeology · Caliphate · Geography · Islam · Jihadism · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · 21st century · Diplomatic relations · Iraq War (2003- ) · IS (Organization) · Islamic fundamentalism · Military · Religious aspects · Terrorism, religious aspects

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