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The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East
Contributor(s): Cockburn, Patrick (Author)

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ISBN: 1786630427     ISBN-13: 9781786630421
Publisher: Verso
OUR PRICE: $47.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Terrorism
- Political Science | World - Middle Eastern
- History | Middle East - General
Dewey: 956.054
LCCN: 2017448728
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" L (1.10 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
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From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East's disintegration

The Age of Jihad charts the turmoil of today's Middle East and the devastating role the West has played in the region from 2001 to the present. Beginning with the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, Cockburn explores the vast geopolitical struggle that is the Sunni-Shia conflict, a clash that shapes the war on terror, western military interventions, the evolution of the insurgency, the civil wars in Yemen, Libya and Syria, the Arab Spring, the fall of regional dictators, and the rise of Islamic State.

As Cockburn shows in arresting detail, Islamic State did not explode into existence in Syria in the wake of the Arab Spring, as conventional wisdom would have it. The organization gestated over several years in occupied Iraq, before growing to the point where it can threaten the stability of the whole region. Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date.

 
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