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ISIS: The Essential Reference Guide

Autor Brian L. Steed
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 sep 2019 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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.ISIS formed through a combination of a rise in violent extremist ideologies demonstrated on September 11, 2001; the invasion of Iraq; and the Syrian Civil War. ISIS is possibly the most important conflict group and phenomena of the last half century, and understanding its source and success is crucial to functioning in the world today. This book provides insight into ISIS from its beginnings to the present, through coverage of its people, organizations, and operations.The book begins with an overview of ISIS, which provides context for each of the reference entries that follow. The introductory material also includes entries on the causes and consequences of the conflict between ISIS and the West. The book contains more than 100 reference entries on general and specific topics ranging from key leaders to major terrorist attacks and affiliated organizations. It also includes a carefully curated selection of primary sources that come from a variety of sources including national-level strategy documents, presidential addresses, and ISIS itself. The book concludes with a detailed chronology and annotated bibliography.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440864612
ISBN-10: 1440864616
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 20 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția ABC-CLIO
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Offers readers material for understanding the key decisions that led to contemporary dysfunction in the Middle East

Notă biografică

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.

Cuprins

List of Entries,List of Primary Documents,Preface,Introductory Essays,Overview of the War with ISIS (1999-2018),Causes of the War with ISIS,Consequences of the War with ISIS,A-Z Entries,Primary Source Documents,Chronology,Recommended Bibliography,List of Contributors,Index,

Recenzii

Steed's latest reference work on ISIS provides readers with as complete a view as reasonably possible. . . The work is a well-suited reference which provides a 360-degree view of ISIS.
Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.