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020			_a9781784780401 (paperback)
041			_aEng.
082	0	0	_a130.2 _bCOC
100	1		_aCockburn, Patrick, _94552
245	1	4	_aThe rise of Islamic state : _bISIS and the new Sunni revolution / _cPatrick Cockburn.
300			_axx, 172 p
500			_a"First published under the title The Jihadis return by OR Books, New York and London, 2014"--T.p. verso.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reaches across borders and includes the city of Mosul. The reports of their military coordination and brutality are chilling. While they call for the formation of a new caliphate once again the West becomes a target. How could things have gone so badly wrong? In THE RISE OF ISLAMIC STATE, Cockburn analyzes the reasons for the unfolding of US and the West's greatest foreign policy debacle and the impact that it has on the war-torn and volatile Middle East"--
610	2	0	_aIS (Organization) _93467
650		0	_aTerrorism _zMiddle East. _93469
650		0	_aTerrorism _xReligious aspects _xIslam. _92789
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-). _2bisacsh _94553
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory _y21st century. _94554
942			_2z _cSR
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