The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution by Cockburn, Patrick

The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784780401)

Vendor: Patrick Cockburn
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Format: Paperback
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The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution by Cockburn, Patrick

The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution

$16.95
The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution by Cockburn, Patrick

The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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The essential "on the ground" report on the fastest-growing new threat in the Middle East, from the winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year Award

Born of the Iraqi and Syrian civil wars, the Islamic State astonished the world in 2014 by creating a powerful new force in the Middle East. By combining religious fanaticism and military prowess, the new self-declared caliphate poses a threat to the political status quo of the whole region.

In The Rise of Islamic State, Patrick Cockburn describes the conflicts behind a dramatic unraveling of US foreign policy. He shows how the West created the conditions for ISIS's explosive success by stoking the war in Syria. The West--the US and NATO in particular--underestimated the militants' potential until it was too late and failed to act against jihadi sponsors in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.

Author: Patrick Cockburn
ISBN-10: 1784780405
ISBN-13: 9781784780401
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/05/2015 pg. 11
By Patrick Cockburn
By Patrick Cockburn
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Patrick Cockburn is currently Middle East correspondent for the Independent and worked previously for the Financial Times. He has written three books on Iraq's recent history, including The Occupation and Saddam Hussein: An American Obsession (with Andrew Cockburn) as well as a memoir, The Broken Boy and, with his son, a book on schizophrenia, Henry's Demons, which was shortlisted for a Costa Award. He won the Martha Gellhorn Prize in 2005, the James Cameron Prize in 2006, the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2009 and is the winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of The Year Award.

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