The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateMacmillan, 2015 M09 22 - 242 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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... 4, 49, 86, 91, 153, 194–5n63, 210n78 Palestine, 8, 24, 128 Pasha, Ahmad Cevdet, 21 prophecies. See apocalyptic prophecies Prophet. See Muhammad al-Suri, Abu Mus'ab, 29, 51–2, 86–7, 97, 196n17, 217n13 Syria index. 239.
... , 134, 157–8 and Islamic State, 33–9, 42, 44, 79–82, 98, 103–4, 111, 122–5, 136, 151–2, 156–7 in Syria, 85–6, 88–9, 96, 98, 103–4, 153 and Zarqawi, 7–8, 10–14, 36 See also Taliban al-Suri, Abu Khalid, 86–8. 240. The isis ApocAlypse.
... Suri, Abu Mus'ab, 29, 51–2, 86–7, 97, 196n17, 217n13 Syria al-Bab, 89 Aleppo, 1, 96–8, 101–2, 109, 121 Dabiq, 102–5, 112, 147, 165, 173 Damascus, 22, 25, 32, 85, 100, 106, 109–10, 136, 166, 168 Free Syrian Army, 104, 108, 131 Ghouta ...
... Suri, 86 and apocalypticism, 28, 115, 146, 217n22 assumes leadership of al-Qaeda, 78 hearts-and-minds approach of, 8, 11–13, 41, 68, 141, 148 and Islamic State, 41, 78–9, 85, 90–7, 129–30 and Zarqawi, 11–14, 148 al-Zawi, Hamid, 33. 242.
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