HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Atwan, Abdel Bari, author.     Subjects     IS (Organization)     Social media -- Political aspects -- Middle East.     Social media -- Religious aspects.     Radicalism -- Middle East.     Islamic fundamentalism -- Middle East.     Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Atwan, Abdel Bari, author.       by title:      Islamic State : the ...         MARC Display

Islamic State : the digital caliphate / Abdel Bari Atwan. by Atwan, Abdel Bari, author. Oakland, California : University of California Press, c2015. Subjects IS (Organization)   Social media -- Political aspects -- Middle East.   Social media -- Religious aspects.   Radicalism -- Middle East.   Islamic fundamentalism -- Middle East.   Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam. ISBN:  9780520289284 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0520289285 (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  256 pages ; 22 cm Contents:  Masters of the digital universe -- The origins, part one : Iraq -- The origins, part two : the Taliban, al Qaeda and IS -- The origins, part three : Syria -- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi : a portrait of Caliph Ibrahim -- Consolidation and expansion -- Within Islamic State -- The management of savagery -- The caliph's foreign fighters -- A dangerous game : the West's attempts to exploit radical Islam -- Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism and Islamic State. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Islamic State stunned the world when it overran an area the size of Britain on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border in a matter of weeks and proclaimed the birth of a new Caliphate. In this timely and important book, Abdel Bari Atwan draws on his unrivaled knowledge of the global jihadi movement and Middle Eastern geopolitics to reveal the origins and modus operandi of Islamic State. Based on extensive field research and exclusive interviews with IS insiders, Atwan outlines the group's leadership structure, as well as its strategies, tactics and diverse methods of recruitment. He traces the Salafi-jihadi lineage of IS, its ideological differences with al-Qa'ida and the deadly rivalry that has emerged between their leaders. Atwan also shows how the group's rapid growth has been facilitated by its masterful command of social media platforms, the 'dark web', Hollywood 'blockbuster'-style videos, and even jihadi computer games, producing a powerful paradox where the ambitions of the Middle Ages have re-emerged in cyber-space. As Islamic State continues to dominate the world's media headlines with horrific acts of ruthless violence, Atwan considers the movement's chances of survival and expansion, and offers indispensable insights on potential government responses to contain the IS threat"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.32509 At Checked In Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.