Islamic State And The Coming Global Confrontation
by Hussein Solomon /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book analyzes the origins and organizational structure of
Islamic State (IS), examining its military triumphs and success
in securing new recruits via social media. From its base in Iraq
and Syria, IS has spread globally with 17 regional affiliates
from Indonesia to Nigeria and sleeper cells in at least 60
countries, capable of atrocities like the Paris attack. To
understand the threat of IS, this book explores its
organizational structure and underlying ideology, and
implications for Western efforts to attack the leadership of IS.
The ways IS has grown by swiftly adapting its military strategy,
developing creative forms of funding and efforts to win hearts
and minds of locals are identified. The author highlights how the
competing individual national interests between the Western
military alliance and local partners have served to strengthen
IS. With its ideology spreading ever further, this book warns of
the looming violent confrontation between democratic and Islamist
forces. This volume speaks to academics in international
relations, security studies and strategic studies, policy-makers
and interested parties.
This book analyzes the origins and organizational structure of
Islamic State (IS), examining its military triumphs and success
in securing new recruits via social media. From its base in Iraq
and Syria, IS has spread globally with 17 regional affiliates
from Indonesia to Nigeria and sleeper cells in at least 60
countries, capable of atrocities like the Paris attack. To
understand the threat of IS, this book explores its
organizational structure and underlying ideology, and
implications for Western efforts to attack the leadership of IS.
The ways IS has grown by swiftly adapting its military strategy,
developing creative forms of funding and efforts to win hearts
and minds of locals are identified. The author highlights how the
competing individual national interests between the Western
military alliance and local partners have served to strengthen
IS. With its ideology spreading ever further, this book warns of
the looming violent confrontation between democratic and Islamist
forces. This volume speaks to academics in international
relations, security studies and strategic studies, policy-makers
and interested parties.