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This book explores the social and psychological factors behind how ISIS was able to rise in Iraq, control most of it, and why most of that population eventually turned on it. Synthesized by some of the foremost experts on terrorism, the analysis is based on a unique array of public opinion data from surveys, focus groups, and interviews.
List of contents
- Table of content:
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Needs, Networks, and Narratives: An Explanation of Social Support for Violent Extremists
- Chapter 3 The Prelude to ISIS
- Chapter 4 The Rise of ISIS
- Chapter 5 Joining ISIS
- Chapter 6 Life under ISIS
- Chapter 7 The Decline of the ISIS Caliphate
- Chapter 8 After the ISIS Caliphate
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
About the author
Munqith Dagher is the former special adviser to the Iraq Prime Minister and the CEO and founder of the Independent Institute of Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS).
Karl Kaltenthaler is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies at the University of Akron.
Michele Gelfand is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.
Arie W. Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Ian McCulloh is a retired lieutenant colonel from the US army and adjunct associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Summary
This book explores the social and psychological factors behind how ISIS was able to rise in Iraq, control most of it, and why most of that population eventually turned on it. Synthesized by some of the foremost experts on terrorism, the analysis is based on a unique array of public opinion data from surveys, focus groups, and interviews.
Additional text
Leading scholars on the study of terrorism: Arie Kruglanski, Karl Kaltenthaler, Munqith Dagher, Ian McCulloh and Michele Gelfand explore the psychosocial factors prompting the support and eventual opposition toward ISIS in Iraq. The book offers insights into how groups used violence to achieve their political goals basing their analyses on public opinion data, focus groups, and in-depth interviews with front line soldiers and senior personnel. This comprehensive study integrates research from sociology, psychology, political science, and terrorism studies to explain ISIS's genesis, rise, and demise.
