ISIS: The Terror Nation by Loretta Napoleoni

ISIS: The Terror Nation by Loretta Napoleoni

From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL, and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an area larger than the United Kingdom to its own vicious brand of Sharia law.

In ISIS- The Terror Nation, world-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni takes us beyond the headlines, demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak, the organization is proposing a new model for nation building. Waging a traditional war of conquest to carve out the 21st-century version of the original Caliphate, IS uses modern technology to recruit and fundraise while engaging the local population in the day-to-day running of the new state. Rising from the ashes of failing jihadist enterprises, the Islamic State has shown a deep understanding of Middle Eastern politics, fully exploiting proxy war and shell-state tactics. This is not another terrorist network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder. As Napoleoni writes, "Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial, it is dangerous. 'Know your enemy' remains the most important adage in the fight against terrorism."

LORETTA NAPOLEONI was born in Rome in 1955 and has received acclaim from Noam Chomsky and Greg Palast, as well as being quoted positively in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. She became an active member of the feminist movement in Italy in the mid-1970s, and later studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Public Health. Washington, DC's Nitze School of Advanced International Studies She began her career as an economist before moving on to work for La Stampa, La Repubblica, and La Paîs as a London correspondent and columnist. Merchants of Men: How Jihadists and ISIS Turned Kidnapping and Refugee Trafficking into a Multibillion-Dollar Industry is Napoleoni's most recent book.

Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality and Terror Incorporated: Tracking the Money Behind Global Terrorism are two more international best-selling works. She has served as the chairman of the Club de Madrid's counter-terrorist finance group and gives frequent talks on economics, money laundering, and terrorism around the world. Napoleoni splits his time between London and Montana.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781609807252
ISBN 10	1609807251
Titel	ISIS: The Terror Nation
Autor	Loretta Napoleoni
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-09-19
Seitenanzahl	208
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
Hinweis	Nicht verfügbar