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The Caliphate at War: The Ideological, Organisational and Military Innovations of Islamic State
Ahmed S. Hashim
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Description for The Caliphate at War: The Ideological, Organisational and Military Innovations of Islamic State
Hardback. Innovation is key to military success, as Ahmed Hashim explains in his study of how Islamic State functions as a fighting, social media and administrative entity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JPFR; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
The military victories of ISIS have overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused on ISIS' savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. However, in order to explain its success, a dispassionate account of its innovations in insurgency, ideology and governance is needed. The first effort to build an 'Islamic state' in Iraq was defeated by US and Iraqi forces in 2011. That the second attempt, dating from 2014, has been more successful calls for explanation. Hashim argues that by focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism -- ... Read more
The military victories of ISIS have overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused on ISIS' savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. However, in order to explain its success, a dispassionate account of its innovations in insurgency, ideology and governance is needed. The first effort to build an 'Islamic state' in Iraq was defeated by US and Iraqi forces in 2011. That the second attempt, dating from 2014, has been more successful calls for explanation. Hashim argues that by focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism -- ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849046435
SKU
V9781849046435
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99-50
About Ahmed S. Hashim
Ahmed Hashim is Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at RSIS at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has published extensively on insurgency and counterinsurgency, his most recent book being 'When Counterinsurgency Wins: Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers' (2013).
Reviews for The Caliphate at War: The Ideological, Organisational and Military Innovations of Islamic State
'Pulling together speeches, other documents, and first-hand journalistic accounts, Hashim describes in detail the genesis of the group in Iraq ... assembl[ing] interesting statistics on how they governed.'
The New York Review of Books 'This a powerful account of the unique circumstances that bred and nurtured ISIS. Using primary sources and deep personal experience, Ahmed S. Hashim has brilliantly ... Read more
The New York Review of Books 'This a powerful account of the unique circumstances that bred and nurtured ISIS. Using primary sources and deep personal experience, Ahmed S. Hashim has brilliantly ... Read more