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Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West
Gilles Kepel
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The virulent new brand of Islamic extremism threatening the West In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of Nice, and two weeks later an elderly French priest was murdered during morning Mass by two ISIS militants. Here is Gilles Kepel's explosive account of the radicalization of a segment of Muslim youth that led to those attacks--and of the failure of governments ... Read more
The virulent new brand of Islamic extremism threatening the West In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of Nice, and two weeks later an elderly French priest was murdered during morning Mass by two ISIS militants. Here is Gilles Kepel's explosive account of the radicalization of a segment of Muslim youth that led to those attacks--and of the failure of governments ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691174846
SKU
V9780691174846
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About Gilles Kepel
Gilles Kepel is professor of political science at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. His books include Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East, The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, and Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam.
Reviews for Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West
A surprisingly lively account of where France is at.
Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy No other book portrays in such granular detail the evolution of Islamist terror in [France], and the implications that that evolution has for the rest of the world, including and especially the United States.
Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast The Prophet of France's Fracture... [Kepel ... Read more
Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy No other book portrays in such granular detail the evolution of Islamist terror in [France], and the implications that that evolution has for the rest of the world, including and especially the United States.
Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast The Prophet of France's Fracture... [Kepel ... Read more