Fully Revised & Updated Edition of the New York Times Bestselling and Highly Praised Book on ISIS With newly added material and breaking news including: �Interview with a former ISIS spymaster �Why ISIS is targeting Europe and the US �What Russia wants in Syria �Revelations on the brutal ideology of ISIS With brutal attacks in last year across the globe�Brussels, Paris, Beirut, Egypt, Turkey�the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has proved itself the greatest terrorist threat in the world today. They have conquered massive territories in Syria and Iraq in a bid to create a new Muslim caliphate under the strict dictates of Sharia law. In this fully revised and updated edition of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who, with slickly produced murder videos, are spreading violence and mayhem across the globe. Beginning with the early days of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS�s first incarnation, Weiss and Hassan explain who the key players are�from their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to the former Saddam Baathists in their ranks�where they come from, how they have attracted both local and global support, and how they operate�from their social media strategy to their illicit oil revenues. As money and mat�riel continue to flow into the region to combat the ISIS�s spreading terror, other forces�Assad�s regime, Russian planes, Iranian Quds Forces, and other Shiite militias�are gaining power and using the fight against ISIS as a means to leverage their agenda in the region. Political and military maneuvering by the United States, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Russia have fueled ISIS�s explosive expansion. In five new chapters, the authors delve further into the inner workings of the Army of Terror and what it is like to live under their ever-tightening rule. With invaluable and exclusive insider information, the authors explore the Islamic State�s enigmatic recruitment and training methods, the impact of their military successes and failures, and how they structure and empower home-grown cells worldwide to carry out their terror. Drawing on original interviews with former US military officials and current ISIS fighters�and brand-new interviews with a former ISIS spy, as well as Kurdish and Yazidi survivors of the ISIS�s assault on northern Iraq�the authors reveal the internecine struggles within the movement itself, as well as ISIS�s bloody hatred of Shiite Muslims, which is generating another sectarian war in the region. A new generation of terror has dawned in the world and to understand how to stop it, we must understand who they are.
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