The rise of Islamic state : ISIS and the new Sunni revolution

Out Of The Failures Of Iraq And Afghanistan, The Arab Spring And Syria, A New Threat Emerges. While Al Qaeda Is Weakened, New Jihadi Movements, Especially Isis, Are Starting To Emerge. In Military Operations In June 2014 They Were Far More Successful Than Al Qaeda Ever Were, Taking Territory That Reaches Across Borders And Includes The City Of Mosul. The Reports Of Their Military Coordination And Brutality Are Chilling. While They Call For The Formation Of A New Caliphate Once Again The West Becomes A Target. How Could Things Have Gone So Badly Wrong? In The Rise Of Islamic State, Cockburn Analyzes The Reasons For The Unfolding Of Us And The West's Greatest Foreign Policy Debacle And The Impact That It Has On The War-torn And Volatile Middle East. Preface : The Hundred Days -- The Rise Of Isis -- The Battle Of Mosul -- In Denial -- Jihadis On The March -- The Sunni Resurgence In Iraq -- Jihadis Hijack The Syria Uprising -- Saudi Arabia Tries To Pull Back -- If It Bleeds It Leads -- Shock And War. Patrick Cockburn. Includes Index. First Published Under The Title The Jihadis Return By Or Books, New York And London 2014. 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. Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. While they call for the formation of a new caliphate once again the West becomes a target. How could things have gone so badly wrong? In The Rise of Islamic State , Cockburn analyzes the reasons for the unfolding of US and the West's greatest foreign policy debacle and the impact that it has on the war-torn and volatile Middle East. From the Trade Paperback edition. "Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. While they call for the formation of a new caliphate once again the West becomes a target. How could things have gone so badly wrong? In The Rise of Islamic State, Cockburn analyzes the reasons for the unfolding of US and the West's greatest foreign policy debacle and the impact that it has on the war-torn and volatile Middle East."--Publisher information