Hunting season : James Foley, the Islamic State, and the kidnapping campaign that started a war

**Based on his groundbreaking reporting for __Vanity Fair__, __Hunting Season__ is award-winning journalist James Harkin's harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of James Foley, at the hands of the masked militant known as "Jihadi John" (Mohammed Emwazi), and the fate of more than two-dozen other ISIS hostages****.** On August 19, 2014, the jihadist rebel group known as ISIS uploaded a video to YouTube. Entitled "Message to America," the clip depicted the final moments of American journalist James Foley's life--and the gruesome aftermath of his beheading at the hands of a masked executioner. Foley's murder--and the choreographed killings that would follow--captured the world's attention, and the Islamic State's kidnapping campaign exploded into war. __Hunting Season__ is a riveting account of how the world's newest and most powerful terror franchise came to target Western hostages, who was behind it, and why almost no one knew about it until it was too late Based On His Groundbreaking Reporting For Vanity Fair, Hunting Season Is Award-winning Journalist James Harkin's Harrowing Investigation Into The Abduction, Captivity, And Execution Of James Foley And The Fate Of More Than Two-dozen Other Isis Hostages,--amazon.com. Prologue -- Chapter One: Open Season -- Chapter Two: Come With Us, It Will Only Take Five Minutes -- Chapter Three: Proof Of Life -- Chapter Four: The European Connection -- Chapter Five: Kidnapping Inc. -- Chapter Six: Dealing With The Devil -- Chapter Seven: Message To America -- Chapter Eight: The Living And The Dead -- A Note On Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. James Harkin. Includes Index. Based on three years of on-the-ground reporting from every side of the Syrian conflict, Hunting Season is James Harkin's quest to uncover the truth about how and why Islamic State came to target Western hostages, who was behind it and why almost no one outside a small group of people knew anything about it until it was too late. He reveals how the campaign of kidnapping and the development of Islamic State were joined at the hip from the beginning. "Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, Hunting Season is award-winning journalist James Harkin's harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of James Foley and the fate of more than two-dozen other ISIS hostages, "--Amazon.com