Away from Chaos : : The Middle East and the Challenge to the West / / Gilles Kepel.
The Middle East is one of the world’s most volatile regions. In recent years, from the optimism and then crushing disappointment of the Arab uprisings through the rise and fall of the Islamic State, it has presented key international security challenges. With the resilient jihadi terror threat, larg...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 10 maps in color insert |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. A Testament for Syria
- PART I. The Barrel and the Koran
- ONE. The Islamization of the Political Order
- TWO. The Onset of International Jihad Taking on the Near Enemy (1980–1987)
- THREE. The Second Jihadist Phase: Against the Distant Enemy (1998–2005)
- FOUR. The Third Jihadist Generation Networks and Territories (2005–2019)
- PART II. From Arab Spring to Jihadist Caliphate
- FIVE. The Arab Spring In Context
- SIX. From the Fall of Despots to Societies in Turmoil
- SEVEN. Sectarianism and Derailed Rebellions: The Shiite-Sunni Fault Line
- PART III. After ISIS: Disintegration and Regrouping
- EIGHT. The Fracturing of the Sunni Bloc
- NINE. The Global Stakes in the Fight for the Levant
- Conclusion. Middle Eastern Fault Lines and Global Tectonics
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Index