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ISIS

Inside the Army of Terror

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ISIS

By: Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan
Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
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Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. Drawing on original interviews with former US military officials and current ISIS fighters, the authors also reveal the internecine struggles within the movement itself as well as ISIS' bloody hatred of Shiite Muslims, which is generating another sectarian war in the region. Past is prologue, and America's legacy in the Middle East is sowing a new generation of terror.

©2015 Michael Weiss & Hassan Hassan (P)2015 Dreamscape Media, LLC Freedom & Security Islam Middle East Politics & Government War & Crisis War United States King Royalty Military Civil War Ottoman Empire Imperialism Refugee Israeli-Palestinian conflict George W. Bush American Foreign Policy

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Such a complex situation, guess it’s going to be our way of life in Europe unless the south Asian & Arab communities lean in more to assist in stopping these misguided individuals

Wow

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loved how much I learned but with so much in there, I'm actually going to listen again straight away

challenging and enlightening

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The book is well read, easy to follow and gives a considered recent history of Isis. I was looking for a little bit more about personal experiences and the book doesn't really deal with Isis on a personal level. This comment does not detract, in anyway, from a well read and riveting account.

Political history

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The author adopts the theory that ISIS was conceived and carried out by the minds of a handful of especially capable and opportunistic jihadists, but also introduces the socio-religious context which acquiesced to or bolstered their development

A brief but well researched history of daish

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I will need to listen again it's very complicated, but well explained with main players analysed in helpful detail.

A challenging read

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Really liked it, quite a contrast to what we are being fed by mainstream media.

Highly educational

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Well done and authoritative, but not clearly structured so challenging to follow. Also, written from the point of view that ISIS is outmanoeuvring the west, but well argued. recommended.

thorough and compelling

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I love popping back into books to revisit chapters but it makes it really hard when you just have numbers - how difficult is it to reflect the chapter title in the audible book?

Just seems lazy…..

Why do audible not name chapters?

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What disappointed you about ISIS?

the inability of amazon / audible to run a consistent downloading process from one month to the next. Eventually it will be sorted. Looks like a really interesting book though.

Would you ever listen to anything by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan again?

yes if amazon / audible ever get their collective act together about downloading

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Dont know. cant hear him / her as techies or suits cannot sort out the download process without changing it every month or two.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from ISIS?

ditto above

Any additional comments?

fire all the techies and suits.........

impossible to download techies gone bonkers

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