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xx, 505 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-505) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Who they are. The old history of the new caliphate ; The ISIS caliphate's leadership and members ; The caliphate organizational structure -- Part II: Where they are. ISIS in the Levant ; ISIS in North Africa ; ISIS in West Africa : Boko Haram ; ISIS in Europe, North America, and Australia ; ISIS in Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Arabian Peninsula, and Asia -- Part III: What they believe. Shade of swords : the ISIS war to destroy Islam ; A cult of jihad : the context of the ISIS war to destroy Islam ; Life and death in the "Islamic State" ; Punishments, violence, and police state controls ; Paying for the apocalypse : ISIS financial mechanisms ; ISIS cultural cleansing : the precursor to ethnic cleansing and genocide -- Part IV: How they fight. Global strategy of ISIS ; The weapons of ISIS ; ISIS in battle and terror ; Abduction, hostage environment, and rescue ; ISIS social media : "Our life in the thrill kill cult" ; Defeating ISIS. |
| Summary |
Offers an examination of the ISIS terrorist organization, looking at the group's origin, ideology, propaganda, organization, and tactics, and offers steps for defeating it. |
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This visual reference shows how to understand the history and tactics of the global terror group ISIS--and how to use that knowledge to defeat them. ISIS--the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria--has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat to global security since al-Qaeda. In Defeating ISIS, internationally renowned intelligence veteran, author, and counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance gives an insider's view to explain the origins of this occult group, its violent propaganda, and how it spreads its ideology throughout the Middle East and to disaffected youth deep in the heart of the Western world. Most importantly, Defeating ISIS gives an amply illustrated, step-by-step analysis of the street-level tactics the group has employed in assaults against fortified targets, in urban combat, and during terrorist operations such as those in Paris during the November 13 attacks. As much as ISIS is a threat to Western targets and regional stability in the Middle East, Nance describes not only its true danger as a heretical death cult that seeks to wrest control of Islam through young ideologues and redefine Islam as a fight to the death against all comers, but also how to defeat it. Defeating ISIS is the first highly detailed and fully illustrated look into the organization by one of the world's foremost authorities in counterterrorism.--Dust jacket. |
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IS (Organization)
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Jihad.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Terrorism -- Middle East.
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IS (Organization) (OCoLC)fst01914325
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Jihad. (OCoLC)fst00983599
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Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
(OCoLC)fst01148138
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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| Added Author |
Engel, Richard, 1973- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781510711846 hardcover |
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1510711848 hardcover |
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9781510729735 paperback |
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1510729739 paperback |
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9781510711853 electronic book |
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