Title: ISIS reader : milestone texts of the Islamic State movement /
Authors: Ingram, Haroro J.; Whiteside, Craig,; Winter, Charlie
Year: 2020
Subjects: IS (Organization); Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad; Middle East Politics and government; Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad; Middle East.; Politics and government
Abstract: "Going beyond the descriptive and the sensationalist, this volume presents and analyses a series of milestone Islamic State primary source materials. Scholar-practitioners with field experience in confronting the movement explore and contextualise its approach to warfare, propaganda and governance, examining the factors behind its dramatic evolution from failed proto-state in 2010 to standard-bearer of global jihadism in 2014, to besieged insurgency in 2018. The ISIS Reader will help anyone--students and journalists, military personnel, civil servants and inquisitive observers--to better understand not only the evolution of Islamic State and the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, but the importance of primary sources in doing so."