The Syrian jihad
Subtitle: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the evolution of an insurgency
By: Charles R. Lister
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780190462475
Subjects: Qaida (Organization); Jabhat al-Nusra (Organization); Opposition (Political science); Insurgency; Religious aspects; IS (Organization); Jihad; Islam and state; Terrorism; Islam; History
Description: Assesses and explains the emergence since 2011 of Sunni jihadist organizations in Syria's fledgling insurgency, charts their evolution and situates them within the global Islamist project.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-454) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. Setting the scene. Breaking down the barriers : protest; title: Underlying instability; title: Syria's flirtation with jihadism; title: Part II. First on the scene. March-December 2011 : Jabhat Al-Nusra forms; title: January-August 2012 : Jabhat Al-Nusra emerges; title: September 2012-March 2013 : Jabhat Al-Nusra rises; title: Part III. Making a scene. April-June 2013 : the Islamic State joins the conflict; title: July-December 2013 : rising tensions; title: January-April 2014 : turning against the Islamic State; title: Part IV. Caliphates, emirates and divergence. May-August 2014 : declaring a caliphate; title: The Islamic State; title: September-December 2014 : strikes and divisions; title: January-June 2015 : tipping the scales; title: The Syrian jihad