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A carregar... ISIS: The State of Terror (edição 2016)por Jessica Stern (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I found this book very interesting. I was seeking knowledge about ISIS, which this work provided. My one issue was that of course the names of the people involved with the organizations are Arabic, and the organizations are Arabic....so all the names are Arabic which made many of the relationships and changing relationships difficult to follow. Other than that, I thought it was a fine read overall. This book will not keep you on the edge of your seat, if that is what you are seeking from the book. At times, the book kept me interested while at other times, it was drawn out and boring. It did accomplish my number one objective in reading the book - it gave me some insight on the genesis of ISIS and how it ties to the Islam religion and Muslims, in general. I was amazed reading about how ISIS is exploiting social media to get their ideas to a broader audience. The world has become one scary place!!!. I cannot say I am any more of an expert on ISIS than I was before reading the book, but it was a fair read. One and half thumbs up. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"Two of America's leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism explain the genesis, evolution, and implications of today's most barbaric jihadist army, Islamic State--and how we can fight it"--
Though terrorist groups are a fixture of contemporary politics and warfare, the world has never witnessed the degree of sheer brutality demonstrated by the group known as ISIS-- the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Its sadistic disregard for human life, sophisticated use of social media, acquisition of territory, and ability to attract foreign fighters is unprecedented. Stern and Berger analyze the tools ISIS uses both to frighten innocent citizens and lure new soldiers, and offer practical ideas on potential government responses. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I've tried reading other books about ISIS, Al Qaeda, radical jihadists, militant Islam, etc., including Joby Warrick's "Black Flags"; Geert Wilders "Marked for Death: Islam's War Against the West and Me"; Ali Soufan's "The Black Banners"; Glen Beck's "It IS About Islam"; Mark Steyn's "America Alone"; Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Heretic"; Yaroslav Trofimov's "The Seige of Mecca"; Kenneth Timmerman's "Preachers of Hate"; Bernard Lewis' "The Crisis of Islam"; Brigitte Gabriel's "They Must be Stopped"; Kirk Lippold's "Front Burner"; George Friedman's "America's Secret War"; etc., and they all provided insights, but none truly helped me understand the draw of ISIS to outsiders.
While I expect I'll never fully have my questions answered, this book about ISIS by Jessica Stern and J. M. Berger probably provides the best explanation of how and why ISIS is able to draw people to its ranks. I won't try to paraphrase the author's explanations, because it's complex, broad, and I couldn't do it justice. Other books describe how ISIS was formed, and talk about the significant leaders of ISIS, but this book, while being somewhat dry in parts, still provides the best explanation of how it's able to draw recruits and to expand its influence in Syria, Iraq, and now in other regions as well.
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