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Isis, March 2015
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The State of Terror
Ecco
March 2015
On Sale: March 17, 2015
416 pages
ISBN: 0062395548
EAN: 9780062395542
Kindle: B00NVLS3CM
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Non-Fiction
Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources,
law enforcement, and groundbreaking research, two of
America’s leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism
explain the genesis, evolution, and implications of today’s
most barbaric jihadist army, Islamic State—and how we can
fight it. Though terrorist groups are a fixture of
contemporary politics and warfare, the world has never
witnessed the degree of sheer brutality demonstrated by the
group know as ISIS—the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Its sadistic disregard for human life, sophisticated use of
social media, acquisition of territory, and ability to
attract foreign fighters—many from modern Western
democracies—is unprecedented. Jessica Stern and
J. M. Berger analyze the tools ISIS uses both to frighten
innocent citizens and lure new soldiers—including the
“ghoulish pornography” of their pro-jihadi videos, the
seductive appeal of “jihadic chic,” and its startling
effective social media expertise. While this jihadi army
poses a significant threat, our response must be carefully
calibrated the authors warn; sending troops onto the
battlefield could become the ideal recruiting tool,
increasing ISIS’s ranks. ISIS: The State of Terror
offers practical ideas on potential government
responses—most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter
our present conceptions of terrorism and terrorists and
react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online
and off, as quickly as the terrorists do. As it lays out
what our next move—as a country, as a government, as the
world—should be, it offers a vital assessment of the future
of counterterrorism and countering violent extremism.
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