The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateMacmillan + ORM, 2015 M09 22 - 258 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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... Middle East . As the Arabic saying goes , al - sahl al - mumtani ' , the easy is elusive . INTRODUCTION June 2014 was going to be quiet. Government employees.
... Middle East. The group threatened to topple American allies in the Middle East, destabilize world energy markets, foment revolution abroad, and launch attacks against Europe and the United States. Questions flew. How had the Islamic ...
... Middle East experts, did not know the flag was designed by an al-Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic State, after it proclaimed its statehood in 2006. It certainly wasn't in every “mosque in the world” as Dunaway thought. He and others were ...
... eastern Mediterranean through Iraq . Zarqawi had been to Afghanistan before , just after the defeat 3 of the Soviets in ... Middle East and establishing Islamic states . It wouldn't do to make enemies on all sides , especially over ...
... Middle East and to stop supporting local autocrats . Their strategy was to attack the Americans and stir Muslim resentment against them . Building popular Muslim support for their cause was vital ; the caliphate could not be established ...
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