The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015 M09 22 - 256 pages Based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic--including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few have seen--William McCants's The ISIS Apocalypse explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future. |
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... Afghanistan, seeking an audience with al-Qaeda's leaders. The young Zarqawi wanted to fo- ment revolution in the Fertile Crescent, the land stretching from the eastern Mediterranean through Iraq. Zarqawi had been to Afghanistan before ...
... Afghanistan to attract jihadists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Herat was chosen because of its proximity to the Iranian border, where it was easy to move men and materiel across. Over time, Syrians, Jordanians ...
... Afghanistan” in 2001.12 The “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” had been established in 1996 by the Taliban, conservative Sunnis who swept to power in the chaotic aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal from the country in 1989. In medieval ...
... Afghanistan. But the American invasion in 2001 had ended that dream.16 Iraq was a second chance. In 2002 and early 2003, Zarqawi set about building his clandestine network in Iraq. When the Americans invaded in March 2003, Zarqawi's ...
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Contents
Mahdi and Mismanagement | 31 |
Bannermen | 47 |
Resurrection and Tribulation | 73 |
Sectarian Apocalypse | 99 |
Caliphate Reborn | 121 |
Conclusion | 145 |
Sunni Islamic Prophecies of the End Times | 161 |
The Mahdi Is Preceded by an Islamic State | 177 |
Index | 233 |
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