ISIS: Race to ArmageddonVij Books India Pvt Ltd, 2015 M08 1 - 184 pages The sudden emergence of the so-called Islamic State (generally referred to as the ISIS) in territories of Iraq and Syria in 2014, shocked the world with its gruesome acts of extreme violence and brutality, its blow to the Westphalian system of the nation state and its messianic drive to instigate a global war of apocalyptic proportions. With more wealth and fighters than Al-Qaeda, the ISIS has stolen the thunder from every other Islamist and Jihadist outfit by declaring the territory under its control as the Caliphate (which has always been the ultimate Islamist utopia). Various international organizations, government agencies and media outlets remain baffled to this day over the genesis, modus operandi, warfare and global outreach behind the ISIS’ spectacular success. This book seeks to investigate and explore most of these questions and also recommends ways in countering the ISIS threat both ideologically and militarily. |
Contents
Method in Madness | 42 |
10 | 61 |
Terror for Territory | 63 |
19 | 70 |
Abu Musab AlSuris Call to Global Islamic Resistance | 71 |
The Baathist Support to ISIS | 78 |
Fourth Generation Warfare 4GW | 85 |
24 | 91 |
First Drops of Rain in Africa | 108 |
ISIS Claims Countdown to Terror | 109 |
Rising Threat in Eurasia and Central Asia | 111 |
The Spectre in Southeast Asia | 113 |
33 | 114 |
The USled Multinational Coalition | 118 |
Assessment of the USled Campaign of Air strikes | 123 |
36 | 124 |
LargeScale Religious Sectarian Ethnic Cleansing | 92 |
Beheadings and Burnings | 94 |
ISIS and the WMDs | 99 |
Weaknesses in Warfare and Recent Reversals | 100 |
27 | 103 |
Growing Influence in Arabian Peninsula | 107 |
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