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Informationen zum Autor Graeme Wood is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and lecturer in political science at Yale University. He has been a Turkey and Kurdistan analyst for Jane's, a contributing editor to The New Republic , and books editor of Pacific Standard . His work has also appeared in The New Yorker , The American Scholar , The New Republic , Bloomberg Businessweek , The Wall Street Journal , and the International Herald Tribune . He lives in Connecticut, USA. Klappentext A radical rethinking of what ISIS is and what it really wants From Graeme Wood! author of the explosive Atlantic cover story "What ISIS Really Wants!" comes the definitive book on the history! psychology! character! and aims of the Islamic State. Based on Wood's unprecedented access to supporters! recruiters! and high-ranking members of the most infamous jihadist group in the world! The Way of the Strangers is a riveting! fast-paced deep dive into the apocalyptic dogma that informs the group's worldview! from the ideas that motivate it! to the "fatwa factory" that produces its laws! to its very specific plans for the future. By accepting that ISIS truly believes the end is nigh! we can understand its strategy-and predict what it will do next. Zusammenfassung A radical rethinking of what ISIS is and what it really wants From Graeme Wood! author of the explosive Atlantic cover story "What ISIS Really Wants!" comes the definitive book on the history! psychology! character! and aims of the Islamic State. Based on Wood's unprecedented access to supporters! recruiters! and high-ranking members of the most infamous jihadist group in the world! The Way of the Strangers is a riveting! fast-paced deep dive into the apocalyptic dogma that informs the group's worldview! from the ideas that motivate it! to the "fatwa factory" that produces its laws! to its very specific plans for the future. By accepting that ISIS truly believes the end is nigh! we can understand its strategy-and predict what it will do next. ...
