ISIS : A History

Name: ISIS : A History
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

ISISA History\nAuthor(s): Fawaz A. Gerges\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691211916, 978-0691211916\nSynopsis\nAn authoritative introduction to ISISnow expanded and revised to bring events up to the present\n\nThe Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build governing institutions and a theologically grounded national identity. What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the worlds leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling explanation of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS. This new edition brings the story of ISIS to the present, coverin.