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Title:
Defeating ISIS : who they are, how they fight, what they believe
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Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2016]

©2016
Physical Description:
xx, 505, [16] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781510711846
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Who they are -- The old history of the new caliphate -- The ISIS claiphate's leadership and members -- The caliphate organizational structure -- 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 -- 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' -- Punisments, violence, and police state controls -- Paying for the apocalypse: ISIS financial mechanisms -- ISIS cultural cleansing: the precursor to ethnic cleansing and genocide -- 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.
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Language:
English
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