The Islamic state : : a comparative history of Jihadist warfare / / Anthony Celso.
The book examines the progressive radicalization of modern Sunni jihadist movements from a comparative perspective. It links growing jihadist extremism to past failures and analyzes the rise and fall of the Islamic State's "caliphate" as the culmination of this evolution.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lanham : : Lexington Books,, [2018] 2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the Islamic State in comparative context
- Jihadist insurgency : failure and destruction breed resilience
- Islamic regression, jihadist frustration and Takfirist hyper violence
- The Islamic state Islamist "fifth wave" Islamist worldview
- The Islamic State's impact on jihadist insurgency in Iraq and Syria
- The Islamic State's reorientation of jihad in Egypt and Libya
- The Islamic State's impact on jihadist war in Nigeria and Mali
- The Islamic State's totalistic war against the West
- The jihadist forever war : six key conclusions.