Bibliograph

Isis, inside the army of terror, Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan

Type

Label

Isis, inside the army of terror, Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Isis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898419413

Responsibility statement

Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan

Sub title

inside the army of terror

Summary

"How did a group of religious fanatics, clad in black pajamas and armed to the teeth, manage to carve out a violent, fundamentalist "Islamic state" in wide swaths of Syria and Iraq? How did the widely celebrated revolution against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad descend into a movement led by a psychopathically violent band of jihadists dedicated to the destruction of America? And just who are these brutal Islamic militants--many speaking unaccented English and holding European passports--beheading Western hostages in slickly produced videos? In Isis: Inside the Army of Terror, Syrian journalist Hassan Hassan and American analyst Michael Weiss explain how the terrorists of ISIS evolved from a nearly defeated insurgent group into a jihadi army--armed with American military hardware and the capability to administer a functioning state. Weiss and Hassan, who have both been on the frontlines of the Syrian revolution, have interviewed dozens of experts, American military and intelligence officials, and ISIS fighters to paint the first comprehensive picture of the rise and expansion of America's most formidable terrorist enemy. ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror is destined to become the standard text on a terror group that, unfortunately, shows no signs of going away" --, provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification