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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... Usama al-Iraqi video, 36–7 and al-Qaeda affiliates, 53–6, 60, 64–9, 135, 152 allegiance pledged to Mullah Omar, 16, 33, 87, 129 and apocalypticism, 28, 146–7 family, 8, 28 and Islamic State, 3, 16–18, 33–4, 36–7, 44–5, 48–9, 77–8, 93–4 ...
... Usama (nom de guerre), flag of, 5–6, 19–22, 45, 48–9, 64, 36–7 69–71, 104, 110–11, 121, 124–6 Iraqi Hizballah, 108 and jihadism, 3, 19, 21, 33, 36, 42, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al- 79–81, 95–7, 115, 123–6, 128, Sham/the Levant) ...
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