This illuminating work offers readers a comprehensive overview of ISIS, with more than 100 in-depth articles on a variety of topics related to the notorious terrorist group, and more than a dozen key primary source documents.
· Provides an important resource for understanding the historic and geopolitical background of the rise of ISIS
· Explains the reasoning behind the Islamic State's decisions and actions
· Offers readers material for understanding the key decisions that led to contemporary dysfunction in the Middle East
· Demonstrates how ISIS and affiliated extremist organizations use Islam as a primary recruiting and operational tool
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Brian L. Steed is an assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served three times in Iraq.
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