Jihad and the West - Black Flag Over Babylon

Informationen zum Autor Mark Silinsky is a veteran analyst in the Department of Defense, an adjunct professor at the United States Army War College, and an affiliate professor at the University of Haifa. He has served in U.S. Army intelligence; as an Army civilian Foreign Area Officer (FAO) for Eurasia, Russian language; an Africa analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency; an action officer for the Joint Staff, J5; and a research fellow as part of the Exceptional Analyst Program. He is the author of The Taliban: Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgent Group. Klappentext By documenting the true stories of men, women, and children whose lives have been destroyed by the radical group, Jihad and the West presents the human face of the thousands who have been kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered by the Islamic State, including Kayla Mueller, who was kidnapped, given to the Caliphate's leader as a sex slave, and ultimately killed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Glossary Introduction 1. Black Flag over Babylon 2. Eurabia and Beyond: The Caliphate's Breeding Ground 3. The Caliphate in Western Culture 4. Blue-Eyed Jihad: The Caliphate's Foreign Legion, Part One 5. Blue-Eyed Jihad: The Caliphate's Foreign Legion, Part Two 6. Salafist Dystopia: Life in the State 7. The Killing Floor 8. The Caliphate Abroad: The Anglo-Saxons 9. Black Flags Abroad: The French Speakers Epilogue: "A Taste of Vengeance" Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Mark Silinsky, Mark/ Gorka Silinsky, Silinsky Mark
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780253027016
• ISBN: 978-0-253-02701-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Politics / Current Events, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies