Black Flags: The Rise Of Isis Joby Warrick Corgi Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Politics - Current Affairs

**Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize For Non-Fiction 2016**In A Thrilling Dramatic Narrative Prize-Winning Reporter Joby Warrick Traces How Strain Militant Islam Behind Isis First Arose In Remote Jordanian Prison And Spread To Become World\ S Greatest Threat When Government Jordan Granted Amnesty Group Political Prisoners 1999 It Little Realized That Among Them Was Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Terrorist Mastermind Soon Architect An Islamist Movement Bent On Dominating Middle East Black Flags Unprecedented Character-Driven Account Rise Shows Zeal This One Man Strategic Mistakes Western Governments Led Banner Being Raised Over Huge Swathes Syria Iraq Zarqawi Began By Directing Terror Attacks From Base Northern But Allied Invasion 2003 Catapulted Him Head Vast Insurgency Falsely Identifying As Link Between Saddam Hussein Osama Bin Laden Officials Inadvertently Spurred Like-Minded Radicals Rally His Cause Their Wave Brutal Beheadings Suicide Bombings Persisted Until American Intelligence Discovered Clues Lethal Airstrike Zarqawi’s Hideout 2006 However Endured Calling Themselves Al-Qaeda Then Islamic State Or Followers Sought Refuge Unstable Ungoverned Pockets Iraq-Syria Border Syrian Civil War Broke Out 2011 Rest World Largely Stood Seized Its Chance Pursue Dream Ultra-Conservative Caliphate Drawing Unique High-Level Access Global Sources Weaves Gripping Moment-By-Moment Operational Details With Perspectives Diplomats Spies Generals Heads Many Whom Foresaw Menace Worse Than Al Qaeda Tried Desperately Stop Is Brilliant Definitive History Reveals Long Arc Today’s Most Dangerous Extremist Σελίδες: 480 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm